How was it working with John Waters?
He’s awesome. I met him four years ago and he always said he liked me. And then I was making “Blood and Wine” with Jack Nicholson and he offered me Cecil, and I wanted to do it. But it ended up falling apart; I think he wanted $20 million to make it. I would see him once in a while and he would say, “We’re going to make it!” He was just really loyal to me; he said he wrote it with me in mind. The character of Cecil is really funny. The challenge was to not make it camp, but to believe in everything I said. I really got a kick out of it. Some of my representatives were a little nervous, but I think most of those people aren’t very creative. They’re probably better at putting deals together. How do you feel about big Hollywood films? What’s great about John is that even when he trashes a film like “Forrest Gump” or “Patch Adams — The Director’s Cut,” he instills such humor in it, I think the filmmakers would understand it. John is the first person to admit that he loves Hollywood movies
