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We come from a tough, working class background, so we're very tight.
I grew up poor, black, and working class.
When you know that people know who you are, you are always working - and not the work you want to do. You are sort of performing, because you know they are looking - or at least glancing - at you.
'Rapa Nui' is about the conflict in the 1600s on Easter Island. It's about the clash of the royal clan and the working class.
Alcohol decimated the working class and so many people.
I come from a theatrical background, where, if you're working on a movie or a play, you always respect the people you work with. You're accommodating.
Before Anna, I'd had a few relationships and I'm glad I've been around a bit. I know where it's gone wrong or know who are the wrong people for me and who I might be wrong for.
With upper- and middle-class lawns, there's more hidden, whereas with working-class or poor lawns, there's more out to see. It just sits right out there. Very honest. Like the people.
If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, it's that they honor working people.
