It was a question of compatibility, intuition, animal magnetism. It was like 365 days a year for three years. I never called it a classic movie. Maybe it is. A lot of different talents contributed to the project, and the genius of those contributions resulted in something that was germane to our times, I suppose.
Questions are more enticing than answers.
I played a monster. I just saw it for the first time. I made it in 1959, and it played at the Film Forum in New York about a year ago. I was fascinated by film. It won't drop in your lap.