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  • I feel like actors, having spent a lot of time on movie sets, tend to make decent directors, because they've been there, they know what they're doing, they've seen it done right, they've seen it done wrong, and they feel comfortable. There's not a lot of chin-scratching and wondering what your next move is.

    "C. Thomas Howell on The Outsiders, blackface, and how Marlboros got him cast in E.T". Interview with Will Harris, film.avclub.com. February 13, 2013.