Word: tg
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...TG: That was very much in the script, and it was one of the things that captivated me when I first read it. Right before we were in production, I was doing this miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon, and I was playing Neil Armstrong! So I got really in to the whole space thing. But what I most got from that that I didn't appreciate as a kid is how momentous that moment was for most Americans. For working people from Brooklyn; [incredulously] the fact that a man could walk on the moon...
...TG: It's heart. That's the main ingredient to me. And I also feel that it's lifelike, maybe that even more...
...TG: Much easier than I thought. I thought it would be really tough. Directing to me had always looked so hard, and I didn't really want to do it. It just seemed brutal. But as soon as I entered into the process, I felt like a duck in water; I just really enjoyed it. It was really disorienting at first. Auditioning actors freaked me out, I couldn't deal with it. They'd come in, and I felt so bad for them, because I'd been through it myself. So they'd come in, and I found myself apologizing...
...TG: Yes... listen to yourself. Listen to your heart about what you want to do. Don't spend a lot of energy trying to figure it out. I see so many people stray, and I've experienced it myself...
...TG: I guess I was, although I really wanted nothing to do with show business, and I just thought, do something else, do something different. But when I got into high school, and auditioned for a play for the first time, it was over. I didn't get the part [laughter]. But I was hooked...