The Trumpet Player, Ronnie Hughes, Has Still

This Is Your Life. Now Go Make It The One You've Always Wanted.

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.

The Truth Is, The Older You Get, The Less Variety Of Parts You Are Offered. If You're A Star And You've Spent Most Of Your Career Being Able To Take Your Pick Of The Litter, You Notice When The Offers Start To Diminish. You're Too Old To Play Leads, So You're Offered The Supporting Role - But Many Stars Don't Want To Make That Transition. They See It As A Sign Of Symbolic Impotence. And That The Audience Will No Longer Regard Them As A Star. I Love Acting, And I'm Not Going To Determine What I Do Based On What I Fear Other People Might Think. I Do What I Want To Do.

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.

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.