Could he at least say why, of all people, he chose John Malkovich? "Does it make sense to you why it's
John Malkovich?" Yes, kind of, but could he elaborate? "I'd rather not because if it makes sense then it
works. I'd rather let people have their experience of it. I just thought it was right, and I never veered from
that. There were times when it looked like it was going to be made and Spike and I didn't know yet if
[Malkovich] was going to do it and we had to think of other people and it was impossible for us to come up
with anybody else that was satisfying. I feel therefore Malkovich is the right person— we spent all this time
trying to think of who else it could be and couldn't."
(via Robot Wisdom)
