Timeline Introduction, by Patrick McGilligan and Paul Cronin 1. The Director: 1970 interview by Jason E. Squire 2. Meeting Sydney Pollack: 1970 interview by Jean A. Gili and Christian Viviani 3. Where Strength Ends and Cruelty Begins: 1970 interview by Bertrand Tavernier and Max Tessier 4. The Complexity of Human Behavior: 1975 interview by Paul J. Vanderwood 5.

Nine Films and Counting: 1975 interview by Larry Salvato 6. The Way We Are: 1975 interview by Patricia Erens 7. Serious Entertainment: 1975 interview by Patrick McGilligan 8. The Purpose of Our Wanderings: 1977-1995 American Film Institute interviews 9. "A Kind of Traditionalist": 1979 interview by Judith Crist 10. "What Most Interested Me was Romanticism": 1980 interview by Michel Ciment 11. Roots and Journeys: 1983 interview by Tom Ryan and Scott Murray 12. Out of Africa : 1986 interview by Michael Henry 13.

Havana : 1990 interview by Michael Henry 14. Waltzing with Actors: 1991 interview by Carole Zucker 15. Working with Woody: 1993 interview by Michael Henry 16. "Acting is Doing": 1994 interview by John Boorman 17. What Stanley Wants: 1999 interview by Michael Henry 18. "A Lot of Tricks": 2001 interview by Philip Noyce 19. Making Music with Dave Grusin: 2002 interviews by Ray Bennett 20. The Interpreter: 2005 interview by Anthony Minghella 21.

Miles to Go Before I Sleep: 2007 interview by Angelo Acerbi and Luciano Barisone Filmography About the Contributors Acknowledgements and Permissions.