He struck up a conversation, asking the great Canadian director about eXistenZ ("Nicolas Cage still attached?") and his pet project, a racing car movie that remains unmade.
"I feel like I'm trying to start a conversation, ask questions, I'm trying to examine my privilege, and this may leave a bad taste in people of colour's mouths: 'Oh, you're trying to examine it?
The kingpin is an intimidating interlocutor; one criminal who has negotiated with him face to face told me that Chapo tends to dominate a conversation, asking a lot of questions and compensating for his short stature by bouncing on the balls of his feet.
"Most of all to me it's the feeling of being able to hold a conversation, ask questions, take their action items away from the conversation and follow-up.
If he's being a bit quiet during a conversation, ask him a question, like "So, what did you get on the math test?" or "You will not believe what we did in science class today!" Be a bit excited so he'll listen.
Later however, Khánh said he would leave Vietnam along with some other generals he named, and during a phone conversation, asked Taylor to help with travel arrangements.
Mr. Lattanzio, in a tape-recorded conversation, asked Mr. DeFronzo if he would be willing to "grease" a few building officials to get the project through.
"Do they look sexy?" Boggs, in a stab at conversation, asked Bloomfield what her fantasy kitchen toy was.
