Arliss Howard (born Leslie Richard Howard on October 18, 1954 in Independence, Missouri) is an American actor, writer and film director, best known for his roles in Full Metal Jacket and Ruby, and for directing the film Big Bad Love (starring his wife Debra Winger). October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Independence is a city located in Missouri, in the Kansas City metropolitan area. ... Full Metal Jacket (1987) is a film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford. ... Debra Winger (born May 16, 1955) is an American actress. ...
ARLISSHOWARD: Its hard to say because Id have to go back and look at the first draft of it and then go and look at the shooting script and then the script that was taken from the completed film because there are going to be huge differences between all of them.
ARLISSHOWARD: All I mean to say by any of this stuff when I started out talking about the media is that whatI was talking about inventing this character, this 22 year old kid who directed this movie and the lighting that this would create.
ARLISSHOWARD: Ive heard directors talk to dolly grips as if the dolly grip arrived sprung out of the head of an ogre and was walking around on all fours.