What did winning the Oscar for Moonstruck feel like?
I have to say winning the Oscar for Moonstruck was a big kick. It was really fun. I was embraced by Gregory Peck and kissed by Audrey Hepburn. I was not a kid. I was at that time 37. It was terrific and I was very happy that I was able to enjoy it. Sometimes, life is so hard and you can’t get your armour off in time to let something good in. I managed to drop my guard and really enjoy it. It was great fun. That was lovely. And it’s wonderful to win the Pulitzer…it just has a nice ring to it! It must’ve been crazy around this time… Yeah, yeah. I did four films very fast, all written on spec. I did Five Corners, and we shot that, then one week later we started shooting Moonstruck. And then we finished Moonstruck and two or three months later, we started shooting The January Man. Then the writer’s guild strike hit, then when that was over we went into production on Joe Versus the Volcano. And in between I was doing plays all the time. It was a very, very intense period. With the likes of
