JR: When movies are good, they have a vision. When movies are bad, usually they're directed by committee or by producers or by stars that are trying to exert vanity requirements over the project. And film is not a democracy. Film is a monarchy, and the director is king, and that's--in my opinion--that's the way it works. You can't have the prop guy going, "Well, I think you should...".
THC: One thing that writers tend to comment on is your very "regular guy" looks. Does it strike you as odd that people are so fixated on your appearance?
JR: My wife is insulted by it. "You're beautiful! Why do they say that?" In the press, if people need a hook they need a hook, and I could try to sway them away from that and then I'd spend 15 minutes trying to describe how good-looking I am, and that's not exactly my bag.
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