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direct and straightforward."
As a director, Berg "knows how to
talk to you from the perspective of
your character," Favreau continued.
"He appeals to the value system of each
character, and then lets us all go at it."
The 32-year-old Favreau sees him-
self and Berg as part of a generation
that is "changing all the rules." He
said it's great to be a part of Holly-
wood now, where "smart actors can do
it all as opposed to just [being] faces
up on a screen."
"I'm very lucky that I'm living in a
time when somebody of my age, with
my experience, is able to do all those
things," he continued. "There was a
time not long ago when you did one
or the other, and that was it."
Since the success of Swingers
(which he also wrote), Favreau has
been very selective about his acting
roles, careful not to end up as another
once-hot Hollywood has-been. He
was part of the large, distinguished
cast of Deep Impact, and had a recur-
ring guest role on NBC's "Friends."
Favreau has concentrated primarily
on writing, adapting Po Bronson's
book about Silicon Valley, The First
$20 Million is Always the Hardest, and
working on a television pilot.
But for the Queens, N.Y.-born
Favreau, who's half-Italian and half-
Jewish, his next two projects after Very
Bad Things are close to his heart.
He spent the months prior to the
film festival in Toronto shooting Mar-
ciano (airing on Showtime in early
1999), playing the lead role, boxer
Rocky Marciano.
"My Italian grandmother will settle
for no less than perfection," he said
with a laugh.
The other project is a western he
wrote and plans to direct next year,
The Marshall of Revelation, which will
star his friend Vince Vaughn, with
Favreau taking the pivotal supporting
role of a Chassidic Jewish gunfighter.
"The challenge of course is to make
it real," he said. "How would he get
into that situation? I don't want to
make it like Gene Wilder in The Frisco
Kid. I really want to show him as a
character who is overcoming all of this
adversity. Hopefully what starts off as a
very silly concept film could be some-
thing that actually has a heart to it."
\While he still loves acting, Favreau
explained why he wants more.
"There's something very satisfying
about giving birth to a film and
watching it all come together, and liv-
ing and dying by your own taste and
decisions," he said.