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>>> WE
>>> WE ARE BACK WITH DAME JULIE ANDREWS.
ANDREWS.
ANDREWS. THEY ARE SPEAKING AT THE
BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION
LUNCHEON TODAY.
LUNCHEON TODAY. WE HAVE THE AUTHORS OF
"HOMEWORK: A MEMBER WAR OF MY
HOLLYWOOD YEARS."
HOLLYWOOD YEARS." MOST GUESTS DRINK OUT OF CUPS
LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE.
A GREAT DAY HOUSTON CUP.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> YOU HAVE YOUR PINKIE.
YES, I AM A TEA SIPPER.
WE'LL EXPLAIN THAT LATER.
I MENTIONED BLENDED FAMILY.
SO WHEN YOU GET INTO THIS BOOK,
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT
ISTHAT I FEEL LIKE I'M SITTING
AT THE TABLE WITH
YOU, HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. .
.
. >>
. >> THANK YOU.
>> IT'S -- I HAVE IT RIGHT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. I
THERE. I GREW UP WITH YOU, EMMA.
YOU DON'T KNOW THIS.
ALL KINDS OF THINGS ABOUT YOUR
PERSONAL LIFE, LIKE A
BLENDED LIFE.
BLENDED LIFE. NEVER EASY, ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU'RE ON THE ROAD AND
TRAVELING.
TRAVELING. >> NOT AT AL, NO.
I THINK, AS A MOM, AS LONG AS
YOUR KIDS ALL RIGHT,
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.
I ENVY ANY MOTHER THAT HAS A
JOB AND KEEPS A FAMILY
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. I THINK THIS LADY KNOWS WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
>> WAS THAT WHAT THE IT WAS
LIKE FOR YOU?
>> THE BIZARRE IS I'VE ACTUALLY
OCCUPIED EVERY SPACE
ON THE BIRTH ORDER CHART.
I WAS THE ONLY.
THEN I INHERITED TWO OLDER
SIBLINGS.
SIBLINGS.
SIBLINGS. THEN I BECAME THE OLDEST ON MY
DAD'S SIDE.
DAD'S SIDE. THEN THE MIDDLE WHEN THEY
ADOPTED.
ADOPTED.
ADOPTED. I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE.
>> YOU ADOPTED TWO CHILDREN
FROM VIETNAM DURING A
CRAZY TIME.
CRAZY TIME. >> YES, IT WAS.
THAT'S AMELIA AND LITTLE JOE.
THERE SHE IS.
>> YOU HAD TO DO A RACE AGAINST
THE CLOCK, BECAUSE
THAT VIETNAM WAS FALLING.
>> IT WAS FALLING, YES.
THAT WOULD BE A WHOLE BOOK ON
ITS OWN, YEAH, REAL.
I WISH I HAD ENOUGH TIME TO
WRITE ABOUT IT.
IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN ANOTHER
WHOLE BOOK, I THINK
>> THE OPERATION YOU HAD TO
HAVE TO REMOVE SOME
NODULES --
NODULES -- >> NO, NO.
YOU GOT IT WRONG.
IT WASN'T NODULES.
PEOPLE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE, BUT
IT WASN'T.
IT WASN'T. AND THE TRUTH IS THAT I'M NOT
REALLY ALLOWED TO TALK
ABOUT IT MUCH, AM I?
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. >>
>> NO. >> WE ACTUALLY DON'T DEAL WITH
IT IN THIS BOOK.
>> IT'S MUCH LATER THAN THIS
BOOK THAT IT HAPPENS.
BUT IN FACT, THERE WAS AN
OPERATION, AND IT
UNFORTUNATELY WAS NOT
SUCCESSFUL.
SUCCESSFUL. BUT I DIDN'T HAVE NODULES.
>> MORE LIKE SCAR TISSUE.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. MORE LIKE THE STRIATION THAT
COMES FROM A LOT OF
BROADWAY SINGERS WHO SING SO
HARD FOR SO LONG.
IT'S LIKE HOPPING ON A KNEE FOR
A LONG, LONG, LONG
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. YOU
TIME. YOU GET KIND OF INDUSTRYUATED
TISSUE, AND IT
HARDENS.
HARDENS.
HARDENS. AND IN A WAY, THAT'S WHAT WAS
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. WRITING THIS, HOW DID YOU
DISCUSS HOW YOU WOULD DO
THIS BOOK?
THIS BOOK? BECAUSE THE STYLE OF IT AND WHY
YOU WANTED TO DO IT.
>> DARLING, WHY DON'T YOU --
>> WELL, IT'S LOVELY -- IT'S
LOVELY THAT YOU SAY IT
SOUNDS LIKE I'M HAVING A
CONVERSATION WITH YOU,
BECAUSE THAT'S VERY MUCH THE
WAY WE WROTE THE BOOK.
IT WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION OF
MY -- WE HAD A HUGE
TIME LINE THAT WE MADE TO
>> REFEREE: TO.
>> YOU MADE.
>> AND I WOULD SAY, "TELL ME
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE
NIGHT WHEN SUCH AND SUCH
HAPPENED, OR TELL ME ABOUT
THIS EVENT."
THIS EVENT." SHE WOULD TALK, AND WITH WOULD
RECORD IT, AND
TRANSCRIBE IT.
TRANSCRIBE IT. >> THERE WERE THINGS YOU MIGHT
NOT HAVE NOT KNOWN
AND VICE VERSA, THROUGH THE
EYES OF YOU, HOW EACH
OTHER LOOK AT CERTAIN
SITUATIONS.
SITUATIONS. >> WE'VE WRITTEN SO OFTEN
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. WE'VE OPINION COLLABORATING AS
COAUTHORS ON
COAUTHORS ON CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
CHILDREN'S BOOKS. THIS IS OUR 32nd BOOK TOGETHER.
YEAH, SO WE DO HAVE A KIND OF
SHORTHAND, AND I HAVE
TO SAY THERE REALLY WEREN'T ANY
GREAT SURPRISES OR
REVELATIONS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.
>> SURPRISES, SEEING THINGS A
LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. >> MOST OF THIS HAPPENED WHEN I
WAS A CHILD.
MY MEMORY OF IT IS DIFFERENT
THAN HER MEMORY OF IT.
>> I COULDN'T HAVE EVERYONE,
AGAIN, TO DO IT WITHOUT
EMMA'S HELP, BECAUSE HER
ENCOURAGEMENT AND HER
STEADFASTNESS AND, "MOM, YOU
WILL GET THROUGH IT,
AND I'LL SEE THAT YOU DO."
>> SHE KEPT SAYING, "WE'RE
NEVER GOING TO FINISH.
WE'RE NEVER GOING TO FINISH."
>> YES, YOU WILL.
>> WE ALSO PUT TOGETHER -- I
KEPT, FROM ABOUT 1965,
SOME REALLY EXTENSIVE DIARIES.
AND YOU WENT THROUGH EVERY
SINGLE PAGE OF THOSE.
>> I DID.
>> I DID.
>> I DID. >> .
>> .
>> . >>
>> . >> WE TOOK WHAT WAS NECESSARY,
WE FELT.
WE FELT.
WE FELT. >> IT WAS VERY MOVING.
IT WAS A VERY MOVING
EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE. >> AT TIMES, WE HAD A FEW
TEARS, DIDN'T WE?
>> TOOK ABOUT ALMOST THREE
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. >>
YEARS. >> ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE, AS MENTIONED EARLIER,
>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE, AS MENTIONED EARLIER,ú
AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GROW
UP AND BE A YOU ONE
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH
COREY.
COREY.
COREY. GOOD MORNING, COREY.
>> FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS IS
SUCH AN HONOR.
YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF THEATER
TEACHERS HERE TODAY
THAT YOU ARE LIKE THE ROCK OF
OUR BEING WHERE WE ARE
RIGHT NOW, AND I GUESS ONE OF
THE QUESTIONS I WANT
TO ASK IS WE'RE EVERY DAY
WANTING TO GUIDE
COMPASSIONATE, CONFIDENT
COMPASSIONATE, CONFIDENT THEATER STUDENTS.
THEATER STUDENTS. WHO IS SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE
THAT IMPACTED YOU IN
SUCH A WAY?
>> OH, I'VE BEEN REALLY HUGELY
FORTUNATE TO HAVE
SUCH MENTORS ALONG THE WAY.
THE VERY FIRST MENTOR I HAD WAS
MY SINGING TEACHER,
AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO MEET
HER WHEN I WAS, LIKE,
NINE YEARS OLD.
AND THAT TIME, SHE SAID TO MY
PARENTS, "IT'S LOVELY,
THE VOICE, BUT BRING HER BACK
%-ú
YEARS.
YEARS. LET HER BE A CHILD FOR A LITTLE
LONGER."
LONGER."
LONGER." BUT MY VISIT GREW SO QUICKLY
AND SO STRONG, THAT SHE
DID TAKE ME BACK ALMOST WITHIN
THE YEAR.
THE YEAR.
THE YEAR. AND I STAYED WITH HER FOR MANY,
MANY YEARS, AND SHE
WAS THE ONE THAT TAUGHT ME
ABOUT DICTION AND THE
WORDS AND WORDS, HOLDING YOUR
VOICE TRUE.
VOICE TRUE. AND THEN, GOING TO "MY FAIR
LADY," THE DIRECTOR OF
"MY FAIR LADY," THE MAY MOUSE
MOSS HART, IF NO ONE
HAS EVER READ MOSS HART'S
BIOGRAPHY CALLED "ACT
ONE," I BEG YOU TO DO SO.
IT IS ONE OF THE GREAT
BIOGRAPHIES OF THEATER.
AND HE WRITES SO BEAUTIFLLY.
HE WAS A DEAR MAN, AND FUNNY,
AND TOUGH, AND YET SO
KIND.
KIND.
KIND. AND
KIND. AND HE SAW SOMETHING IN ME.
HE KNEW I WAS FLOUNDERING IN
"MY FAIR LADY," BUT HE
SAW SOMETHING IN ME THAT HE
FELT WAS WORTH WORKING
WITH.
WITH.
WITH. AND
WITH. AND WE DID WORK VERY HARD
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. BUT HE PULLED ME THROUGH.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION --
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> ANNA?
>> ANNA?
>> ANNA? >> HI.
>> HI.
>> HI. >>
>> HI. >> TELL US WHERE YOU'RE A
STUDENT AT.
STUDENT AT. >> I'M A STUDENT AT HSTBA, AND
WE JUST FINISHED UP
OUR PRODUCTION OF "MARY
POPPINS."
POPPINS."
POPPINS." AND MY QUESTION WAS, DO YOU
PREFER FILM ACTING OR
LIVE THEATER?
LIVE THEATER? >> IT'S HARD TO DECIDE.
YOU KNOW, LIFE THEATER, YOU'RE
A FULL FIGURE THE
WHOLE TIME.
WHOLE TIME. YOU START AT THE BEGINNING, YOU
FINISH AT THE END.
>> AND YOU GET THAT IMMEDIATE
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE. >> YOU GET THAT REALLY LOVELY
RESPONSE, WHICH IS THE
BEST PART, GIVING TO AN
AUDIENCE.
AUDIENCE.
AUDIENCE. BUT ALSO THE WONDER OF FILM IS
THAT YOU CAN SHOOT
OUT A SEQUENCE, AND YOU DO SO
OFTEN, BUT YOU DO HAVE
A CHANCE TO DO IT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. YOU HAVE TO HOLD THE WHOLE FILM
IN YOUR HEAD,
BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE --
YOU CAN START IN THE
MIDDLE AND FINISH AT THE
BEGINNING.
BEGINNING. >> AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
HAPPENED UNTIL YOU SEE
IT ALL PUT TOGETHER.
>> HOP YOU'VE MADE THE RIGHT
CHOICES.
CHOICES.
CHOICES. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE
HELPING YOU THAT CARE, THE
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, THE
LIGHTING MAN, AND YOU
HAVE THE DIRECTOR, OF COURSE,
OF THE MOVIE.
AND THAT WAS ANOTHER MENTOR.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> ALL RIGHT.
>> FRANCISCO?
>> FRANCISCO? >> HI.
>> HI.
>> HI. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU?
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
IF YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE
FOR ANY UPCOMING ACTORS TODAY?
>> I DO.
>> I DO.
>> I DO. >> WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON --
>> SORRY.
>> SORRY.
>> SORRY. >> VERY, VERY SIMPLE, AND IT IS
THAT IF YOU'RE AS
LUCKY AS I HAVE BEEN,
OPPORTUNITIES WILL PASS UNDER
YOUR NOSE WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. AND
THEM. AND IF YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT
WHAT YOU DO, WORK
HARD, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN
THAT OPPORTUNITY IS
GOING TO COME YOUR WAY.
SO I SAY TO EVERYBODY, SO DO
YOUR HOMEWORK.
YOUR HOMEWORK. BE READY.
BE READY.
BE READY. THAT'S PART OF THE TITLE OF THE
BOOK, IS THAT THE
HOCKER IS EVERYTHING FROM HOME
AND WORK AS IT HIT
ME, BUT ALSO DOING MY HOMEWORK
AND LEARNING ABOUT
MYSELF, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW
WHEN THAT AMAZING
MOMENT MIGHT JUST FLOAT BY, AND
YOU CAN TAKE THAT
OPPORTUNITY.
OPPORTUNITY. BUT IF YOU'RE NOT READY FOR IT,
SO DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
>> THE OTHER ADVICE IS, WHEN
YOU KNOW THE NOTES TO
SING, YOU CAN SING MOST
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO --
>> I CAN IMAGINE THAT,
ACTUALLY,.
ACTUALLY,. >> I'M GOING TO ADD TO WHAT SHE
SAID.
SAID.
SAID. BECAUSE I STARTED AS AN ACTOR
FOR MANY YEARS AND ONE
OF MY MENTORS WAS HERBERT
BIRDOFF.
BIRDOFF.
BIRDOFF. HE SAID, "NEVER MIND THE
TALENT.
TALENT.
TALENT. DO YOU HAVE THE TENACITY?"
THAT IS STICKING THROUGH
IT THROUGH THE REJECTIONS,
THROUGH THE HARD WORK.
HANG ON TO THE TENACITY.
>> AND YOU CANNOT WIN
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. NOBODY WINS IT ALL.
SOUNDS LIKE AN ODD THING WHEN
YOU LOOK AT HOW
FORTUNATE I'VE BEEN.
BUT IT'S ALL A GRAPH.
THE MOVIE INDUSTRY, THEATER,
SOME ARE WONDERFUL.
SOME ARE YOU JUST HAVE TO GO
WITH IT.
WITH IT.
WITH IT. >> THAT'S WHAT WE SEE IN THIS
BOOK WELCOME PEOPLE ON
PEDESTALS AND THINK OF THEM AS
PERFECT, BUT YOU WENT
THROUGH SOME STUFF AND MADE THE
BEST OF IT
>> I WANT TO SHOW, THE THING I
TOOK AWAY FROM HAVING
WRITTEN THE BOOK IS THE
STUNNING REALLY ZIGS THAT I
HAD REALLY WORKED HARD,
ALTHOUGH IT WAS WONDERFUL.
IT WAS REALLY HARD WORK.
>> TALK ABOUT TEN ASTY.
THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
>> I THINK IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO
SAY "SO LONG,
FAREWELL."
FAREWELL." I DON'T KNOW IF I PRONOUNCED
THAT RIGHT.
THAT RIGHT. >> YOU SING REALLY WELL THERE.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
SO MUCH.
SO MUCH. YOU SAID IT BEST, I MEAN, THIS
IS LIKE A JEWEL IN A
GRAND MOMENT FOR LOT OF FOLKS.
>> GOOD LUCK TO EVERY SINGLE
ONE OF YOU, AND HANG IN
THERE, AND GIVE IT TO THE
AUDIENCE.
AUDIENCE.
AUDIENCE. THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING.
>> GIVE THE GIFT.
>> DAME JULIE ANDREWS AND EMMA,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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