Barbara: You know, weve talked about the success that you had, that overwhelming success and then in 1980 you made Urban Cowboy, a big hit and then after that, there were a series of films that didnt make it, so you go from being on this throne to, to what？ I mean how do you balance it？
John: I dont know, because I （1） lived in a vacuum for about 10 years, （2） and thenby the time Pulp Fiction came along, I didnt even know that I had cooled off.
Barbara: Your fans didnt change, too.
John: My fans didnt, （3） either. I still couldnt go anywhere. Even when I was as coldas ice, you know.
Barbara: So you didnt have the feeling this is over, the career is over.
John: I never did. （4） There may have been a moment right before Quentin asked me to do Pulp Fiction. Maybe a moment where I said, "God！ Am I just going to be doing all these talking movies or am I going to have to go back to doing TV or..." I didnt know what the deal was, you know？ But at that moment then I received this very interesting script that I said yes to and it （5） changed again.
Barbara: How do you handle success and failure？ What do you say to yourself？
John: （6） Well, it very important to move on. You never know where youre going to get the goodies in life, and it can be from success and it can also be from failure.
Barbara: Pulp Fiction, a film that changed your image and an image, which you still have now in new films, like Swordfish. When you decided to do that, was it taking a big chance for you？ Instead of kind of being the vulnerable, you know loveable.
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