Acting Didn't Solve Much! If It Did,

I Think Right Now Television Is The Best That It’s Ever Been, And I Think That It’s The Worst That Film Has Ever Been.

So When I Told My Parents I Wanted To Go Into Acting Because I Was Flunking Out Of My First Year Of Junior College, They Were Relieved That I Had Picked Something Other Than Joining The Army. But I Can't Imagine How They Had High Hopes For Me.

I Decided A Long Time Ago But Sometimes It Takes You 40 Years To Get Around To Doing Something - And That's The Truthful Answer.

This Is Not A Movie About Smelling The Urine! It's Another Kind Of Movie." Volker Schlöndorff Got Billy Wilder To Agree To These Conversations - You Can Buy It - Because Volker Spoke German At Times. And He Said To Billy Wilder: "what Is In Your Mind?" And He Said: "if You're Going To Try To Tell The Truth To The Audience, You'd Better Be Funny Or They'll Kill You." And I Haven't Forgotten That.

You Go To The Cinema And You Realize You're Watching The Third Act. There Is No First Or Second Act. There Is This Massive Film-making Where You Spend This Incredible Amount Of Money And Play Right To The Demographic. You Can Tell How Much Money The Film Is Going To Make By How It Does On The First Weekend. The Whole Culture Is In The Crap House. It's Not Just True In The Movies, It's Also True In The Theater.