… wouldn’t find an excuse not to do it. Our minds are not our friends when they realize we have work to do – they’re our enemies. But I realized that nobody in the movie business was going to give me an interview at 6 o’clock in the morning; all the show-business people go to bed very late. That’s why I started running early in the morning, for a couple of hours about four times a week. After doing that I discovered a whole new world. This was 30 years ago.”
WHAT TO EAT WHEN RUNNING
“I don’t rely on power bars or drinks. If I’m thirsty, I drink plenty of water. Water is life.”
MELVIN’S THOUGHTS ON RUNNING
“My thoughts while I’m running are on a lot of things. If I’ve got some thinking to do and I’m obsessed by it, that’s great. Other times I just look at the scenery; other times I keep my head down. Sometimes I think abstract. I don’t usually think about money, because if it involves numbers or anything like that, it’s too early. Sometimes if I’ve got part of a script I need to memorize, I’ll put it on tape and listen to it over and over to memorize it.”