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The Special Twinkle in Travolta?s Eye: ?We had a hell of a cinematographer, I gotta tell you. Why I could look better in this film than I did in the first one I have no idea. He lit my eyes, actually. ?I actually asked for eye lighting and he did it. That?s the first time that ever happened. It was like, ?I don?t think people know I have blue eyes. Could we look at them? Could we see them??
As you can see, it?s important.
As in 'Bobby Long,' for instance, it was important not to look good. It was equally as important to look great in this because he?s a cinematic character and he should look that way. You want it to be bigger than life. So I did ask for that. So the twinkle in the eye may be literally a light. But moreover than that, the music industry has this bigger than life thing and I think Chili felt more comfortable dealing with overt gangsters versus the movie industry [where it] is kind of like, ?Who are gangsters? Who am I dealing with? Who?s really a threat? Who?s not?? It was clear who he had to deal with, so I think Chili was more relaxed in dealing with knowing exactly who Raji was or who Cedric?s character was. I mean, he just knew them and he didn?t worry about it. He had less tactical thinking on his mind.?
Beating Up The Rock: ?I didn?t particularly enjoy doing that. That?s not my thing. I?m in character, so it?s like Chili has to set who?s boss right up because he immediately perceives that this guy that The Rock plays is gonna be easy to deal with.
But he knows that Raji is gonna be a little more difficult. So it?s almost a show for Raji more than it is to put The Rock in his - his character in his place. It?s more like, ?Okay, look what I did with him,? knowing that Raji is probably a coward underneath all of it. That it?ll put both of them in their place. But The Rock had to suffer the consequence for the show.?
On Working with Vince Vaughn: ?Vince hits my funny bone. We laugh as hard off screen as he makes you laugh onscreen. He goes to a zone and he?s a lot like Robin Williams in that way. He has humor in his soul. He cannot not be funny. He can look at me and I?m gone - and vice versa. I can make him laugh pretty well, too.
On ?Domestic Disturbance,? we gave old Harold [Becker, the director] a terrible time. Harold is gettin on in his years and not that he?s a curmudgeon, but he?s stern in what he wants. And Vince and I would go off on a tangent. He would always blame Vince because he was the younger guy. And I, of course, wouldn?t bail Vince out. And then we?d laugh harder because he was stuck with the blame of all of our misbehavior. But Vince is a fabulous talent and person. I love him, yeah.?
The Special Twinkle in Travolta?s Eye: ?We had a hell of a cinematographer, I gotta tell you. Why I could look better in this film than I did in the first one I have no idea. He lit my eyes, actually. ?I actually asked for eye lighting and he did it. That?s the first time that ever happened. It was like, ?I don?t think people know I have blue eyes. Could we look at them? Could we see them??
As you can see, it?s important.
As in 'Bobby Long,' for instance, it was important not to look good. It was equally as important to look great in this because he?s a cinematic character and he should look that way. You want it to be bigger than life. So I did ask for that. So the twinkle in the eye may be literally a light. But moreover than that, the music industry has this bigger than life thing and I think Chili felt more comfortable dealing with overt gangsters versus the movie industry [where it] is kind of like, ?Who are gangsters? Who am I dealing with? Who?s really a threat? Who?s not?? It was clear who he had to deal with, so I think Chili was more relaxed in dealing with knowing exactly who Raji was or who Cedric?s character was. I mean, he just knew them and he didn?t worry about it. He had less tactical thinking on his mind.?
Beating Up The Rock: ?I didn?t particularly enjoy doing that. That?s not my thing. I?m in character, so it?s like Chili has to set who?s boss right up because he immediately perceives that this guy that The Rock plays is gonna be easy to deal with.
But he knows that Raji is gonna be a little more difficult. So it?s almost a show for Raji more than it is to put The Rock in his - his character in his place. It?s more like, ?Okay, look what I did with him,? knowing that Raji is probably a coward underneath all of it. That it?ll put both of them in their place. But The Rock had to suffer the consequence for the show.?
On Working with Vince Vaughn: ?Vince hits my funny bone. We laugh as hard off screen as he makes you laugh onscreen. He goes to a zone and he?s a lot like Robin Williams in that way. He has humor in his soul. He cannot not be funny. He can look at me and I?m gone - and vice versa. I can make him laugh pretty well, too.
On ?Domestic Disturbance,? we gave old Harold [Becker, the director] a terrible time. Harold is gettin on in his years and not that he?s a curmudgeon, but he?s stern in what he wants. And Vince and I would go off on a tangent. He would always blame Vince because he was the younger guy. And I, of course, wouldn?t bail Vince out. And then we?d laugh harder because he was stuck with the blame of all of our misbehavior. But Vince is a fabulous talent and person. I love him, yeah.?