1:21:04
The phone kept ringing.
It awakened me out of a deep sleep.
1:21:07
I looked at the clock. It was only 11:00.
Should I pick it up?
1:21:11
No. I know I didn't win the lottery.
1:21:14
Hey, maybe it's the broad
I slipped my number to last night.
1:21:18
Hey, it's not too late.
I'm up. I hope it's her.
1:21:22
Disguising my voice to protect me
from bad news or bad company...
1:21:26
...I Englished it.
Evan's residence.
1:21:28
Well, I was wrong again. It wasn't the broad,
but I sure won the fucking lottery.
1:21:34
It was Stanley Jaffe on the phone,
and he was just made head of Paramount.
1:21:40
I'd given Stanley his first big gig
back in 1967 on Goodbye, Columbus.
1:21:45
"Called to tell you one thing.
1:21:47
From this day on, the life
of Robert Evans is going to be a better one.
1:21:51
You're way overdue, kid.
Now sleep well."
1:21:56
Stanley Jaffe's loyalty to me was such
that it gave me back my dignity.
1:22:03
Back behind the gates
of Paramount I went.
1:22:05
And back to my old offices,
the best on the lot.
1:22:09
Do you believe in miracles?
Well, I do now.
1:22:16
I don't understand it,
this world of fickle flicks.
1:22:19
It's been 30 years now, and I'm still here,
still standing behind them gates.
1:22:23
Bet your house it ain't been dull.
I've either done it or gotten it.
1:22:27
You name them, I've met them.
Well, almost.
1:22:31
I've either worked, fought, hired,
fired, laughed, cried with them...
1:22:35
...been figuratively fucked by them, literally
fucked them. It's been one hell of a ride.
1:22:42
Where is everyone?
Dead? Most.
1:22:45
Wealthy? Some.
Destitute? Yeah, many.
1:22:49
Retired? I don't know.
I ain't seen them.
1:22:53
One thing I do know: I ain't dead,
I ain't wealthy, I ain't destitute...
1:22:57
...and I ain't retired.
Can't afford any of them.