Susan is using a lot of references to film noir and to the classic ballets. It?s going to be very layered choreography.

I had to go and sing with the musical director of the film, Simon Lee, who is just incredible, and it went great. I sang with him about five things, things we'd worked on. And then I went to sing for Andrew Lloyd Weber.

Yeah, man, I agree, ... At the beginning of the film, I look like Jabba the Hutt, and then by the end of the film, there are all these shots of us and we all look like skeletons.

I'd rather spend my time with grape growers than actors. In the film industry, all the money is focused on television and the stupidity of American cinema.

We both read the stories through last summer. There was way too much for one ballet, so we compared notes. With almost no exceptions, we were in line with each other about what we thought was important to keep.

I think that in a piece like this the American spirit is strong, and it appeals to that. But it?s not a battle cry, and we don?t send anyone off to a foreign country.