37 Seconds, Well Used, Is

I'm Sixty-eight, I Cry Every Chance I Can.

I Got Into Acting So That I Could Meet Girls. Pretty Girls Came Later. First, I Wanted To Start Off With Someone With Two Legs, Who'd Smile At Me And Look Soft.

I Walked Out Of The Theater And Started Crying. My Wife Asked Me, 'why Are You Crying?' I Said, 'because I Can't Do That.' I Didn't Know How He Did It. I've Never Seen Anything Like That. It's Like This Feat, This Rodin Sculpture To Me. It's Like Hearing An Opera Singer And The Tears Go Down Your Face Because It's Not Human What They're Doing. It's Like Sounds Of Heaven.

You Spend So Much Of Your Life Basing Yourself On What You Think Other People Think Of You. Then You Realise That Maybe One Of The Purposes Of Life Is Not To Care.

So, Most Of It Was Done Over The Phone. But One Of The First Things I Did As A Director, Because It's One Of The First Things You Should Do, Even Though Most Don't, Is To Ask Good Actors Who They Think Is Right For The Part. They Know Better Than Anybody. But Without Missing A Beat Maggie Said Pauline Collins. I Didn't Know Pauline Because I Hadn't Seen Shirley Valentine, But Then I Saw This Thing That She Did With Woody Allen [you Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger], In Which She Was Wonderful As A Psychic, And I Said To Her On The Phone: "the Dialogue Seemed Improvised."