I prefer to think of film making - you know, um, the sweat is supposed to be invisible. But a lot of sweat can go into making a film. But of course, if you enjoy doing it, you enjoy doing it.

Some very famous directors have started in the mail room, which is just getting inside the studio, getting to know people, getting to know the routine.

Nobody in America, in the modern generation, has read their mythology or legends.

I've made several films that haven't been shown.

Well, everything is constantly evolving and changing. That's what life is all about. But basically Hollywood has lost its focus as a film center. Films are now made all over the world.

The music rights at the time cost me $12,000 in 1964 money, which is about double now or whatever. But I cleared everything. I had a lawyer in New York. And it was cleared for use in a short subject, not a feature.

A lavish colored evocation of Hollywood now gone, as shown through an afternoon in the milieu of the 1920's film star.