Life Is An Occasion...rise To It.

I Think We All Felt It On This Movie - Crew And Cast. You Never Know When You're Making A Movie... No One Is Saying In The Middle Of Casablanca That This Is Going To Be A Classic. The Lead Actors Had Turned It Down And I Think They Wound Up With B-list Actors At The Time.

We Need To Band Together As A Unit Every Day, Especially To Conquer The Strength Of The Aids Virus.

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.

I Knew I Finally Made It As A Performer When I Began Hearing Rumors That I Was Gay.

In Terms Of The Stars, The Only Ones I Cast Were Billy Connolly And Pauline Collins. I Was In Los Angeles Working And A Lot Of This Took Place On The Telephone. I'd Met Maggie [smith] Once And I'd Come Back-stage, Which I'm Usually Loathe To Do Because As An Actor You Don't Want People Coming Back Because You Want To Get Home [laughs].