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Anyway - here's another question: "What kinds of movies do you watch?"All kinds. I go to the movies once or twice a week, and I watch them at home - old movies.

You see them over and over, don't you?No.

You don't? 'Cause I do.I don't have time. I see lots of document aries - lots of films, but I can't really see them over and over. The most I've ever seen a film was about ten times, and that was Hard Day's Night in film school. Now, if I see a film more than once, it's by accident.

Or it's yours, and you're editing it.Well, that doesn't count, but if I see a film more than once it's because it's something I've seen that I want my kids to see, or something they've seen they want me to see.

"How have your tastes changed over time?" - not my question, but -Um, I seem to like younger and younger girls as time goes by. [ Carrie laughs ] It's not that I'm getting older; it's just that they seem to get younger.

They stay the same age!I know they do.

You don't like younger and younger girls - you like girls who stay at the same age. You're just older.I still like 35-year-old girls.

Well, did you like 35-year-old girls when you were 18?No.

Okay. "Have any recent movies had an impact on your work?"No, not really, because I'm just making the same old movie over and over again.

That's not entirely true, but -Well, it's kind of true.

"Why are you releasing the Trilogy on DVD now, instead of after the new trilogy is finished, as originally planned?" Was it originally planned that way?It was supposed to come out later, but piracy being the way it is, it's getting harder and harder to release DVDs. Soon, it's going to be impossible because they'll all be pirated.

Because people film them in the theater ?No, because they either get copies or make their own copies.

I heard that for people screening films on DVD for the Academy Awards, they're going to send some kind of -A special player.

Yeah, a player. Is that true?I guess so. I don't get Academy screeners, so I don't know.

You don't?!No. I'm not a member of the Academy.

That's hilarious.[ chuckles ] I'm not part of that world down there - you are.

Say that one more time and I'm coming up there - which means I'll have to see my father [singer Eddie Fisher]. Do you know that after your birthday party, I called my father? I go over to see him and he has a 40-year-old girlfriend - he's 76. I go into the kitchen with him and he takes something out of the freezer. It's a bottle - a vial - with a rubber stopper and something in it for a syringe. I say, "What is that?" - and he says, "It's for sex." [ George laughs ] I hope that's not in your future.Yeah, I hope not either.

That's nice for Eddie, but that's not what we're supposed to be talking about, so let's see: "Preparing the Star Wars Trilogy for DVD, did you find your impressions of the films had changed over time?"Um, no. I still enjoy the films quite a bit. They still hold up for me.

Yeah, me too. For the commentary, I had to watch all three in one morning.Right. [ laughs ]