baby lion

man that was a deep sleep. it was a long day's journey from boston to lax to home to leno and then home. the talk shows. always have that unsettled feeling over how hard to sell the picture, funny thing is, the better you think the movie is, the less you feel the need to push it, as if the goods will speak for themselves, and then you get home and wonder, did i push hard enough? then you get out there with catchphrases like romantic comedy with hard r moments (true) and woody allen this and that, and you feel like a salesman. but i ask you, how else can i get word out? how deeply i believe in bart and the rest of the cast and that this is a movie that meets its audience on so many levels. how can i tell you that without being a jackass of sorts? all i will say here for now is that this is the funniest movie i've ever made and, no, playing god does not count cause it wasn't supposed to be funny. and tea is not really pissed about the baby stuff. we just thought it might make a funny thing to talk about on the show. she's great. such an inspiring mother. the baby lion was something else. just the thought of what that cat like thing in my lap would grow to filled me with awe. show biz can be silly---joking while the world is in such distress, even going about one's daily business while the world is begging for the big answers--- but sometimes you just have to be thankful for a life where you get to hold a baby lion