I circled that line and I brought it back to Debra, and said, ‘How about you and I look at the script with a red pen, just as an exercise, and if he doesn’t need to stay it, then he doesn’t say it.
And then I came to this line in the script, which was, ‘Is it a want, or is it a need?’
When we got into it together, Debra and I, I shared essays, storybooks and photos — anything that was bubbling to the surface.
The way that I work is, I prefer to be able to see it in my mind.