Coda

00:28:58,153 --> 00:28:59,195 Am I interrupting? 403 00:29:00,072 --> 00:29:01,656 I, I was, 404 00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:04,909 just complimenting him on his excellent posture. 405 00:29:06,745 --> 00:29:07,703 Actually, 406 00:29:08,372 --> 00:29:11,207 he reminds me of my first piano teacher, 407 00:29:11,291 --> 00:29:12,458 Mrs. Groffus. 408 00:29:13,252 --> 00:29:14,627 [Helen] What is it with gorillas? 409 00:29:15,504 --> 00:29:16,504 [Henry] I don't know. 410 00:29:17,506 --> 00:29:19,298 They seem upset about something. 411 00:29:21,426 --> 00:29:23,135 [Helen] Maybe about being gorillas. 412 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,721 [Henry] The curse of self-knowledge. 413 00:29:26,765 --> 00:29:28,975 Or maybe they're afraid of death, they're endangered. 414 00:29:30,102 --> 00:29:33,104 Or perhaps they just don't like being watched. 415 00:29:37,276 --> 00:29:38,943 I can't tell you how grateful I am, 416 00:29:39,027 --> 00:29:39,860 Sir Henry. 417 00:29:39,945 --> 00:29:40,736 No, please. 418 00:29:40,862 --> 00:29:42,113 Just Henry. 419 00:29:43,699 --> 00:29:45,157 Okay, Henry. 420 00:29:45,242 --> 00:29:47,535 I can't even remember my last interview. 421 00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:50,454 I remember mine. 422 00:29:51,915 --> 00:29:53,416 He had a heart attack the next day. 423 00:29:54,293 --> 00:29:56,585 Well, you do ask difficult questions. 424 00:29:56,670 --> 00:29:57,837 [Helen laughs] 425 00:29:58,964 --> 00:30:00,756 Music is a dangerous business. 426 00:30:00,841 --> 00:30:02,341 People don't realize. 427 00:30:02,426 --> 00:30:04,677 I knew this Spanish singer once, 428 00:30:04,761 --> 00:30:06,012 great mezzo. 429 00:30:06,096 --> 00:30:07,722 She was playing Carmen 430 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:10,224 in an open-air production at the Alhambra. 431 00:30:10,309 --> 00:30:12,101 And in the final scene, 432 00:30:12,185 --> 00:30:15,062 as she gasped as Don Jose stabbed her, 433 00:30:15,147 --> 00:30:17,356 a wasp flew into her mouth and stung her. 434 00:30:17,441 --> 00:30:18,733 She collapsed, 435 00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:20,943 went into anaphyiactic shock. 436 00:30:21,528 --> 00:30:22,445 No. 437 00:30:23,030 --> 00:30:24,530 Nobody really knew that she was dead 438 00:30:24,614 --> 00:30:26,073 until the third curtain call. 439 00:30:27,868 --> 00:30:29,327 [Helen laughs] 440 00:30:30,620 --> 00:30:32,580 Do you ever think what your life would've 441 00:30:32,664 --> 00:30:34,790 been had you done something else? 442 00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:36,917 It wouldn't have been my life. 443 00:30:40,589 --> 00:30:41,881 It must be a great feeling 444 00:30:41,965 --> 00:30:43,424 knowing that there's nothing arbitrary 445 00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:44,842 about what you do. 446 00:30:46,595 --> 00:30:47,845 Now, I have a friend like that. 447 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:49,930 He's also a pianist. 448 00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:54,185 He's unique. 449 00:30:57,731 --> 00:30:58,981 Being unique, 450 00:30:59,524 --> 00:31:03,986 is a desirable attribute for stamps or landscapes. 451 00:31:04,071 --> 00:31:05,446 In a pianist, 452 00:31:05,530 --> 00:31:07,573 it usually spells trouble. 453 00:31:15,582 --> 00:31:17,083 No one plays like you, Henry. 454 00:31:19,169 --> 00:31:20,920 Well, thank you, Ms. Morrison. 455 00:31:21,588 --> 00:31:22,838 It's kind of you to say. 456 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,175 [Henry] The pianist's duty is to serve. 457 00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:29,678 His personal contribution 458 00:31:29,763 --> 00:31:32,306 belongs to the realm of small differences. 459 00:31:34,142 --> 00:31:36,394 That Beethoven walked the face of the earth, 460 00:31:37,437 --> 00:31:38,646 now that's something. 461 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:41,273 The, um, 462 00:31:42,359 --> 00:31:44,568 the verse on your car, 463 00:31:45,695 --> 00:31:46,862 where did you find it? 464 00:31:46,947 --> 00:31:48,864 [gentle piano music] 465 00:31:48,949 --> 00:31:50,199 In your book. 466 00:31:51,201 --> 00:31:53,327 It has been out of print for years. 467 00:31:54,746 --> 00:31:55,996 Do you still write? 468 00:32:00,210 --> 00:32:01,377 Henry? 469 00:32:01,461 --> 00:32:02,294 Mm? 470 00:32:04,131 --> 00:32:06,465 You just seemed far away for a second. 471 00:32:06,550 --> 00:32:07,967 - I did? - Yeah. 472 00:32:08,427 --> 00:32:09,260 I'm sorry. 473 00:32:10,262 --> 00:32:11,095 What did you say? 474 00:32:19,646 --> 00:32:22,314 <i>[Helen voiceover] Success often conceals a flaw,</i> 475 00:32:22,399 --> 00:32:23,649 <i>a wound,</i> 476 00:32:23,733 --> 00:32:25,109 <i>some deep-seated doubt.</i> 477 00:32:26,528 --> 00:32:28,279 <i>It might be forgotten for a while,</i> 478 00:32:28,363 --> 00:32:29,447 <i>but it's always there,</i> 479 00:32:30,699 --> 00:32:32,658 <i>operating