Smokey And The Bandit Was The First

We Got Sally Field Onboard [in Smokey And The Bandit] And It Changed The Entire Dynamic. About A Third Of The Way Into Filming, I Was In The Car With Sally And There Was This Little Moment Where We Kind Of Looked At Each Other, And Then We Both Turned And Looked Over At Hal [needham]. He Gave Us A Thumbs Up And Said, "yeah!" And We Kind Of Knew There Was Some Magic Going On.

All Of The Younger Actors Keep Coming Up To Me And Asking Me Where All Of The Land Mines Are Because They Know I've Stepped On Them All.

Goldie [hawn] Is One Of The Sharpest Ladies I've Ever Worked With. She Doesn't Miss A Thing. She's My Greatest Audience. She Laughs At All My Stories And In The Right Places, Too.

The More The Art Dominated My Life And My House, The More The House Became A Home.

If You've As Many Films As I Have, And Missed As Many Opportunities As I Have To Do Good Work And Been Pissed Off About It, You Say, "well, Now You've Got To Start Getting It Right." If You Get A Chance, You Really Want To Cook. And The Tragedy Is, When You Finally Feel That Way About Yourself, About Your Work, Nobody Wants To Give You A Chance. And That Happens To A Lot Of Actors. But I'm Feeling Very Wanted These Days, So There Must Be Something In The Air.