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Talking about, do you?" isaid, "no." he said, "i want you to bring your show to new york "and i want to produce it." and i said, "wait, wait a minute, are you sure? "because, you know, im not always good, "you saw me on a good night." i said, "im not sure." he said, "well, think about it, think about it." and i said, "what if im terrible?" he said, "have you been terrible before?" isaid, "oh, yeah, many times." he said, "then youll be terrible again. "here are the dates, i would like to do this....

But it was like, "wow, great." and then suddenly, the houses were full. and one day, my mother said to me — �*cos we would walk over to the theatre, cos it was in the old neighbourhood — and she said, "i dont ever want to tell you what i know, "but..." i said, "what?" she said, "i think mike nichols is going to be in the audience." and i said, "wait, mike nichols, like the graduate guy?" she said, "yes." isaid, "well, what makes you think that?" she said, "well, i think maybe i saw his nam...

And ijust happened to fall into... ..all the folks at the san diego rep. sure. he worked with them. and later, in 1984, you met the oscar—winning director mike nichols, who made the graduate and whos afraid of virginia woolf? and this is the next significant moment that were going to discuss. how did you meet him? i was invited to do a series of monologues, and the first night, there were maybe four people in the audience, because nobody knew who i was, and then someone wrote a wonderful revie...

And my mother went... she gasps. and i went, "hi." and he said, "hello, miss goldberg, "im mike nichols." and i was like, "hi! "hello." and he said, "i have to tell you that ive been weeping "because the story you did about fontaine," who was the first character that you meet, hes a junkie. she laughs. rosanna cu—tay! looking good, my name is fontaine. and love is my game. and when i kiss the girls, hey, they all aflame. come on, let me kiss your hand. no, the one with the diamonds on it. laug...

And when i kiss the girls, hey, they all aflame. come on, let me kiss your hand. no, the one with the diamonds on it. laughter and he ends up going across to europe - and ends up in amsterdam, at the anne frank house. and i ran to the door, but i got stopped by a big sign...that said, "in spite of everything, i still believe "people are good at heart." i say, "what? !" i mean, who put this up? why would they put it in this room, huh? i just couldnt understand it, you know? so i copped am attitud...

Talking about, do you?" isaid, "no." he said, "i want you to bring your show to new york "and i want to produce it." and i said, "wait, wait a minute, are you sure? "because, you know, im not always good, "you saw me on a good night." i said, "im not sure." he said, "well, think about it, think about it." and i said, "what if im terrible?" he said, "have you been terrible before?" isaid, "oh, yeah, many times." he said, "then youll be terrible again. "here are the dates, i would like to do this....

And she had already sent it all to steven, because alice walker lived in berkeley and she had seen my show. shed come to see the show? shed come and seen my show. but you had no idea. no! you know, because you dont really meet the audience necessarily, unless they come and say, "hello, i am so—and—so." so, you arrive at steven spielbergs private theatre, expecting just to entertain him. did you realise that this was an audition? no, nor did i realise he had other people sitting in the audien...

He would say, id be onstage and id be doing it, and youd hear... deep sigh and id say, "are you 0k?" he said, "yes, im fine." "is there an end to this story or are you just talking?" and i said, "well, no, there is an end." he said, "good, because i heard it about seven minutes ago. "and youre not listening to yourself." and i thought, "oh, this is an adult, 0k. "no more fooling around, this is what it is. "this is how you do it." so he helped refine the show... and me! ..and to hone it. and als...

Yes, i went there for a guy. and ijust happened to fall into... ..all the folks at the san diego rep. sure. he worked with them. and later, in 1984, you met the oscar—winning director mike nichols, who made the graduate and whos afraid of virginia woolf? and this is the next significant moment that were going to discuss. how did you meet him? i was invited to do a series of monologues, and the first night, there were maybe four people in the audience, because nobody knew who i was, and then so...

And then i can sort of go wherever i need to go. and so for me, my interest in learning was lit by her saying, "you cantjust do nothing." how did it inspire you? and what...? it inspired me to ask questions, to say, "i dont understand, "can you help me understand?" 0r, "whats the most interesting thing i need to know about this?" and, you know, in the �*60s, you could do stuff like that. things were free. public lectures? public lectures on all kinds of crazy stuff. so you were mixing with adu...