Albert Hague Audition

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Transcript

00:00I detest that cacophony.

00:02Cacophony. That's a great word for it.

00:04I'm pleased we finally agree on something.

00:06I find the entire new wave phenomenon mindless and depressing.

00:10I got a telephone call if I wanted to audition for this movie in New York.

00:16It was for Alan Parker, you know, the guy who directed the movie.

00:20And at first I thought it was a joke because by profession I'm a composer.

00:25And I thought it was one of my students being cute.

00:32So I was less than cordial.

00:34And with a German accent you can really be less than cordial.

00:38Anyway, it turned out it was for real and I made some ground rules.

00:44And the most important of the ground rules was that I wanted Mr. Parker to know that I'm not an actor.

00:51I didn't want him to think that I'm going to come in there and pull a fast run.

00:55Tell me the first thing that comes to your mind.

00:57Mr. Rocky?

00:59Why not?

01:08It was a very unusual audition because he was told that I'm not a professional actor.

01:14He didn't do what one usually does in auditions which is give lines to read.

01:19He asked me, he said, I don't know anything about music, but I want to learn, say something about music.

01:31Which is a very unusual way to start.

01:34I loved it because I realized what he was doing.

01:37Here he comes beating his gums.

01:40What's he going to say?

01:42So the first thing I said was, jazz is the glorification of the inexact.

01:50And he said, that's unbelievable.

01:52That's exactly what then we had another chat for about 10, 15 minutes.

01:56And a day later I got the news that I got the job.

02:01I got the job.

02:15That's amazing.

02:18And here is where we came from to talk to me.

02:23We got your best, frankly.

02:25Now, is this good thing?

02:26You got your best?

02:27Can you keep that and I can keep it at the end?