Audio Interview: Aaron Sorkin (“The Social Network”)

This month, I’ll be posting an audio interview with a notable screenwriter each day. Today: Aaron Sorkin who wrote The Social Network. You can access the Creative Screenwriting podcast here.

While we’re talking about interviews, don’t forget about these: 

Interviews — Video

Interviews — Written

Probably over 300 interviews there meaning a lot of great insight and wisdom into the craft — and it’s all free!

UPDATE: Some excerpts from Sorkin on “60 Minutes”:

He was also a bartender at the Palace Theater, when “La Cage aux Folles” opened. 

“I wrote ‘A Few Good Men’ on cocktail napkins during the first act of ‘La Cage aux Folles,’” he said, “and I would come home with my pockets stuffed full of cocktail napkins.” 

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I’m always the first actor to play the part,” he said. “I’m playing it, you know, in my office as I’m writing it.” 

“Are you talking out loud when you write?” 

“All the time. It’s a very physical thing. I’m talking out loud all the time, not just at my desk, but in my car. I start arguments with myself!”

For more, go here.