I love watching old fights. It's hard to WATCH the black-and-white footage, although I know about Randolph Turpin and people LIKE that, but I'm talking about Hearns, Haggler, Leonard, those GUYS. Sugar Ray Leonard, he was way before his time, throwing bolos and all that, those BIG wind-up bolo SHOTS.
Read MoreI distinguish sentiment from SENTIMENTALITY. Sentimentality MAKES your SKIN crawl. It's like too much sugar. But, sentiment is a GREAT feeling.
Read MoreI dedicate some of my power to Mike Tyson. I watched a lot of film on Mike Tyson. Then we started taking notes on MUHAMMAD Ali. We TOOK notes on Sugar Ray Leonard. What was that fighter KNOWN for? Why was he so DIFFICULT to beat in his TIME, in his era and, you know, why was he at the top?
Read MoreIn my SHORT film, 'Gasman,' I SHOT it at a kid's party. And the kids were just having a party - they couldn't CARE less about our film. But that was great because we GOT this amazing footage where kids were drinking soda and pop or whatever, and GETTING that sugar high and beating each other up or dancing.
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