The Script Was Always The Most Important

The Work I Did In Vertigo Meant Nothing If No One Cared About The Movie. Luckily, Vertigo Had A Revival And People Had Begun To Recognize There Was Something Special And It Gained In Reputation. But It Just As Well Could Have Ended Up Rotting In Film Cans Somewhere.

My Security Comes From My Senses, My Sensing The Direction I Should Go And Suddenly I Felt Out Of Tune, Out Of Step With What Other People Wanted Or What Other People Expected Of Me.

We Only Did Probably Two, Three Takes On Every Scene We Did, At The Most.

I Used Jimmy To Give Me What I Needed To Keep Going And To Know That I Was On The Right Path With It. I Thought I Saw Jimmy's Soul All The Time We Worked. He Never Covered His Soul And I Never Covered Mine. We Saw Into Each Other's Souls, Very Definitely.

If You Want To Live On The Edge Of Life, You Need To Be Flexible.