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As A Matter Of Fact, That Was A Bit Of A Problem For Me At The Beginning Of My Career - The Problem Of Identification. In The Conversation I Played A Character Who Was Gay, So Nobody Recognised Me From American Graffiti. When I Did Apocalypse Now, After Star Wars, I Played An Intelligence Officer Of The American Army. George Lucas Saw The Footage I Had Done And Didn't Recognise Me Until Halfway Through The Scene.

I Had No Idea What I Wanted To Do With My Life, So Nothing Of What I Was Studying Seemed To Fit. I Know Now That I Should Have Taken Advantage Of That Time And That I Missed A Great Deal Of The Opportunity To Educate Myself.

I Am Not The First Man Who Wanted To Make Changes In His Life At 60 And I Won't Be The Last. It Is Just That Others Can Do It With Anonymity.

Baseball Was A Metaphor For America, Both Here And In Terms Of How It Was Understood By The Rest Of The World.

The Focus And The Concentration And The Attention To Detail That Flying Takes Is A Kind Of Meditation. I Find It Restful And Engaging, And Other Things Slip Away.