I think the reason why we were able to actually get it made was that we were so extremely naive - we had no experience at all here. We didn't even know that you were supposed to have an agent. We didn't even have a lawyer. We didn't know one soul.
First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.
I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job.