There Were A Few Things That Went

Now, I'm Simply Working With People I Want To Work With. I Just Want To Have Good Working Experiences And Let The Dice Fall Where They May.

I Knew That We Had An Obligation And That Was To Keep An Energy In It And Try To Keep The Audience Interested. In Fact, I Asked Some Of The Actors To Take A Look At His Girl Friday, A Howard Hawks Film With Rosalind Russell And Cary Grant, Because They Talk Over Each Other And There's A Great Energy.

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."

Somehow I Think It Was Declared Very Early On That I Was The - If Not The Black Sheep Of The Family, Not A Very Good Student.

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.