It's True What They Say About Failure.

We All Believe What We Read. I Read How Tom Cruise And I Were Two Big Egos Holding Up Shooting. I Know That Isn't True - But If I Wasn't Making A Movie With Him And I Just Picked Up The Paper, I'd Believe It. That's Interesting, Isn't It?

There Were A Few Things That Went Into It. When You're Doing Something You're Trying To Be Your Audience At The Same Time, So If Somebody Tells Me That This Is A Movie About Retired Opera Singers, You Think 'maybe I'll Wait For It To Come To Dvd'. You're Not Rushing Off To See It.

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.

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 Think 'retirement' Goes Hand In Hand With People Who Make A Living By Having A 'job.' I Don't Think We-the .00001 Percent Of The Population Who Are So Fortunate To Love Passionately What We Do-consider It A 'job.