They call David O. Russell the actor whisperer because he can get stuff out of actors that maybe some other directors can't.

I do a lot of American plays. I've done a lot of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and Neil Simon. I was in 'Sisters Rosensweig,' 'Six Degrees of Separation,' all of that stuff. So we're very familiar with America. I did 400 performances of 'Born Yesterday.' I did 700 performances of 'They're Playing Our Song.'

It's one of the functions of the theater to shock and titillate and appall, apart from entertain and delight.

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