The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.
An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.
People look at me and they go 'You're white you're smart you must have...
My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes of Wrath ' his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day.