James Foley

I was going to sit and wait to hear you get an adjective for each guy.

Yeah, there was certainly no intention to deliberately pick people with different styles. It was really... I mean, Al and I literally sat down and made a list of who we thought were the best living actors, without even regards to what parts they could play, how old they were. Who do we think is great? And... And the list isn't that long, you know, when you sit down and just say who's the best.

Yeah, there was certainly no intention to deliberately pick people with different styles. It was really... I mean, Al and I literally sat down and made a list of who we thought were the best living actors, without even regards to what parts they could play, how old they were. Who do we think is great? And... And the list isn't that long, you know, when you sit down and just say who's the best.

Yeah, there was certainly no intention to deliberately pick people with different styles. It was really... I mean, Al and I literally sat down and made a list of who we thought were the best living actors, without even regards to what parts they could play, how old they were. Who do we think is great? And... And the list isn't that long, you know, when you sit down and just say who's the best.

And we started from that idea and wound up with these guys. And it's very true that they all have very different styles of acting. And it was a great fun for me when, particularly when they were all in the scene together and, you know, you say cut and then you need to go out and speak to each one of them.

And we started from that idea and wound up with these guys. And it's very true that they all have very different styles of acting. And it was a great fun for me when, particularly when they were all in the scene together and, you know, you say cut and then you need to go out and speak to each one of them.

And we started from that idea and wound up with these guys. And it's very true that they all have very different styles of acting. And it was a great fun for me when, particularly when they were all in the scene together and, you know, you say cut and then you need to go out and speak to each one of them.

And you would, I'd find myself instinctually sort of speaking an entirely different language to each one. which was nice because it made me sort of really expand my own idea of what it means to be a director and for me the most important thing is to do what needs to be done rather than what you want to do.

And you would, I'd find myself instinctually sort of speaking an entirely different language to each one. which was nice because it made me sort of really expand my own idea of what it means to be a director and for me the most important thing is to do what needs to be done rather than what you want to do.

And you would, I'd find myself instinctually sort of speaking an entirely different language to each one. which was nice because it made me sort of really expand my own idea of what it means to be a director and for me the most important thing is to do what needs to be done rather than what you want to do.

Totally, yes.

Totally, yes.

Totally, yes.

Jack Lemmon is very... will speak very clearly about the thing, quite literally. The thing being what's going on at the moment that... And perhaps the most telling thing is that when Jack would talk about the character, he would say, he. He would say, I think he's feeling this because of this, and blah, blah, blah, and say whole articulate sentences. Al would never speak like that.

Jack Lemmon is very... will speak very clearly about the thing, quite literally. The thing being what's going on at the moment that... And perhaps the most telling thing is that when Jack would talk about the character, he would say, he. He would say, I think he's feeling this because of this, and blah, blah, blah, and say whole articulate sentences. Al would never speak like that.

Jack Lemmon is very... will speak very clearly about the thing, quite literally. The thing being what's going on at the moment that... And perhaps the most telling thing is that when Jack would talk about the character, he would say, he. He would say, I think he's feeling this because of this, and blah, blah, blah, and say whole articulate sentences. Al would never speak like that.

Because first of all, he would say, I, referring to something, but he would never talk about any kind of singular idea or notion. And it's something that I understand very much, because if you articulate a single idea that's happening, then you might sort of glom onto that. in too much of a specific way rather than letting all the contradictions and ambivalences that might naturally come out.

Because first of all, he would say, I, referring to something, but he would never talk about any kind of singular idea or notion. And it's something that I understand very much, because if you articulate a single idea that's happening, then you might sort of glom onto that. in too much of a specific way rather than letting all the contradictions and ambivalences that might naturally come out.

Because first of all, he would say, I, referring to something, but he would never talk about any kind of singular idea or notion. And it's something that I understand very much, because if you articulate a single idea that's happening, then you might sort of glom onto that. in too much of a specific way rather than letting all the contradictions and ambivalences that might naturally come out.

So he's very reluctant to identify any one particular feeling and even reluctant to finish a sentence. But I began to understand very well what he was talking about and I agreed with him. So our communication was more like him saying, I think, you know, maybe, you know, and I'd say, yeah, right, more so. And we somehow did it.