Mrs. Robinson, You're Trying To Seduce Me...

If There Is No Direct Threat Why Are We Invading?

The Truth Is, I've Made About 30 Movies In 30 Years, And I've Been Criticized For 30 Years For Not Making More Movies.

Acting Didn't Solve Much! If It Did, I Would Have Ended Up Much Less Crazy Than I Am Today, But I'm Not. At Least For Me, Acting Is A Relief - A Relief To Be Able To Admit Certain Things About Myself And Disguise In My Work, In My Characters.

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.

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].