Peter Pan, Prepare To Meet Thy Doom.

I Hope To God I Don't Win An Oscar Tomorrow Night. It Would Really Depress Me If I Did. I Really Don't Deserve It. It Wasn't That Important A Part Anyhow.

I Love Working, I'd Be Dead If I Hadn't Found Myself As An Actor I Didn't Have To Be Successful.

But I Would Reinvent Myself If I Could. As A Sexy Leading Man! We All Would Like That, But I Don't Know How To.

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.

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."