So When I Told My Parents I

I Don't Like The Fact That I Have To Get Older So Fast, But I Like The Fact That I'm Aging So Well.

I Wanted To Find My Limitations So I Decided To Do Shylock. And If I Fail? I've Never Been Afraid Of That. I Have Other Fears - Doing Bad Work Knowingly Is The Worst Fear.

The Trumpet Player, Ronnie Hughes, Has Still Got His Chops Today But For Some Strange Reason The Culture Doesn't Call Him Because He's 83-years-old. And These People Are In Their 70s And 80s And 90s And Came With Such Verve Every Day And Would Still Be Shooting These 10 And 12 Hour Days. So, That In Itself Made This An Extraordinarily Special Occasion For All Of Us. It Wasn't A Job For The Crew After A Few Days, It Took On Another Tone.

You're Always In A Tunnel That You Can't See The End Of. But There's Something That Took Place On This Movie That I Don't Think We Expected And That Was That Once We Decided That The Entire Cast Would Be Real Retired Opera Singers And Retired Musicians... And These People The Phone Hadn't Rung For Them For 20 Or 40 Years Even Though They Can Deliver.

It's Very Painful For Us To Feel We Deserve A Life. That's The Toughest Thing. That We Deserve To Have A Life. That Can Take A Lifetime.