The Kid Stays in the Picture

00:01:08 The Los Angeles Times once said...

00:05:06 It's the horse and the automobile all over again. No use fighting it.

00:09:00 Puts the bullhorn down, and walks out.

00:12:36 I learned a lot from that. When you own the property, you're king.

00:16:02 Friends, columnists, agents, all let me know I wouldn't be there for Christmas.

00:19:58 If everyone has too much reverence for each other, or the material...

00:23:28 ...delivered by Mickey Rudin, his attorney.

00:28:56 You know what my batting average was? A thousand. Everyone turned it down.

00:33:27 You did a good job, Ali. You had me in tears.

00:36:36 ...and I'm senior vice president of Paramount Pictures.

00:40:20 The lights went down.

00:44:05 It must have been after 2 in the morning, and we found it.

00:47:19 I was on fire.

00:50:19 "I have a 7:30 breakfast I can't get out of, Bob. I'm leaving the country tomorrow."

00:54:10 How could I have been so fucking dumb?

00:57:42 But it says, "Roman Polanski's Chinatown."

01:01:11 ...eight days a week, to make everyone else rich but myself.

01:06:06 I waited by the phone all day. No call.

01:10:27 ...and I have no star, and I have a half a script.

01:14:57 We shook hands, but nothing ever really came of it.

01:19:41 My character, persona and professional abilities were now lost.

01:23:53 Tony was shocked Jack would fly halfway around the world to plead on my behalf...

01:29:01 ...and suffering a terrible disaster with my first independent venture...

290:00:00 of my dreams was now mine.