I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role. ↗
We do very little re-writing in the office. We often take on people who show great promise and who we hope will develop into somebody important and someone good. ↗
I'd forget the piece just before I went out to do the concerto, the panic was too great. This was not anything that gave me pleasure. This was fulfilling somebody else's dream. ↗
My feeling is unless they've somebody lined up and they are convinced he is going to be better than Brian, I think their decision has been made in haste. ↗