“I wrote a movie version of ‘Gypsy’ — which has never seen the light of day, but I’m still hopeful — and I remember getting on the phone with Stephen Sondheim, and after all the wonderful compliments, he goes, “I just have a few thoughts, if you want to hear them.’ I’m like, ‘Oh my God, of course!’ And he goes, ‘I want to hurry, because page one…’ It was like 15 hours, and it was the best 15 hours of my life.“ |