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Going through this musical experience really helped us to understand the core of the film.

The film was fair to his musical achievement and gave him every opportunity to explain himself.

Music in this film is a very important part.

For us, as actors, and even for the director, it gave us a sense of authenticity to what we were doing because we were talking about Hollywood and we were in Hollywood.

The only other things, and again these things are hearsay, is that he could be pretty rough on directors, because he knew exactly the way he wanted to play the part. And he did so.

'Performance' gave me doubts about my way of life. Before that, I had been completely involved in the more bawdy side of the film business. But after that, everything changed.

The main reason he wanted to be a recording artist was because it gives you much more freedom in your writing. You only have to please the artist and the artist is you so you can be more daring and experimental.

I think the film is beautifully realised. His legacy as a journalist was recorded - as it were - well, and certainly the important issues of the '50s - or even today - are delivered and presented to the audience in a rather honest and objective way.

The music's job is to get the audience so involved that they forget how the movie turns out.

Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert.