Remember." That's what friends do for friends. -"Remember..." -Listen to me. Listen to me carefully. Yes. -Yes, yes, yes. -Pay attention. The film opened very well. It was very well received. And about five or six days after it opened, I got a call to come to Paramount to talk about the next movie. And I said to my agent, "What should we ask for? They obviously want me "and they need me and I'll get good money, "but let's try to broaden the career." He said, "Right. What do you have in mind?" I said, "What do you think they would say if I told them I want to direct the film?" He said, "I think that's a great idea." And that's the way it happened. And this was en route to the meeting. And I walked into the producer's office and he said, "We'd like to know if you'd like to be involved "in the making of the next Star Trek movie." I said, "Yeah, and I'd like to direct it." He said, "That's an interesting idea. "Let's have a walk down the hall to Mr Eisner," and that's the way it all started. You know, I'm just going to make one more shot at that and then you gotta tell your stories, 'cause we've been talking too much. -That's right. -I'm fascinated. Here's the thing. -Here is what I don't understand. -This is riveting stuff. Here is what I don't understand. -Jonathan Frakes, wonderful actor. -Yeah. The director says, "Can you motivate getting on your knees?" -We're back to it. -He says, "Sure." Okay? Then I go, "What? He's the captain of the ship, "what's he going to do on his knees? How do you motivate that?" The producer comes in and says, "Leonard, you're dying, you're dead, you're gone. "The end of II and... Can you say, 'Remember'?" "Sure, I can say, 'Remember.'" Every actor knows, "Well, what do you mean? "What do I feel? What am I saying? "Why am I kneeling? What am I saying 'Remember' for?" Everything you do has a spine. "I'm going to get on my knees. I'll be all right. You got to get..." Huh? "'Remember?' Yeah, I'll say, 'Remember.'" There had to be something in there. No, you're absolutely right. I knew exactly what I was doing. And I had a plan that we would make four more movies. -For the purposes of this DVD. -We'll make four more movies. We would make four more films and I would direct two of them and you would direct one and then I would produce one and then you would die. I had it all laid out. How did you know that? -Sechel. -That's why he's the captain. -Why haven't you directed... -Or is it tuchis? ...a film, one of the films? -I haven't directed a film... -And would you? ...because I'm probably the only one of this group here, I don't know about you, Whoopi, I didn't want to direct the films. I was going to ask if you chose not to. Deliberately. I think it came up. I think sitting in Sherry Lansing's office one day, talking about the next movie, it was suggested, but I killed it flat. I killed it flat and, okay, do you use the term "blowing smoke" here in this country? -Yes, yes. -Absolutely. -Oh, yeah. -When you puff on it, you blow smoke. Absolutely. Well, I learned that phrase from him. He knows that. I didn't want to direct because of what I'd seen Jonathan do, particularly on his first movie. -On... -It's blowing smoke. Yeah. It's like I don't want to direct in the theatre either. Because I've been lucky to work with great theatre directors. I can't do what they do. You know, stick to what you can do. I love directing the series. In fact, I would say the six episodes I directed, they kept me going during those last years, seven years. To know that somewhere in a few months' time, there was an episode coming up with my name on it was fantastic. And to be directing these episodes, with your pals in front of the camera, and even more important, with your pals behind the camera, too. What did you do when you were directing... I asked him if he'd kneel down on an empty ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Место встречи изменить нельзя на английском - текст Иван Грозный: Боярский заговор на английском - текст Чайка по имени Джонатан Ливингстон на английском - текст Стальной рассвет на английском - текст Горячий снег на английском |