Florida Is A Very Healing Place.

I Had An Indian Scout Motorcycle During High School, But I Never Could Take It To School. My Dad Would Sneak Out At Night And Pull The Spark-plug Wires.

Smokey And The Bandit Was The First Picture [hal Needham ] Directed, And I Knew He Could Handle It. I Had Just Directed Gator, And He Saw My Style And Used That As A Pattern.

I'm Really Much More Like Phil Potter From [the 1979 Film] Starting Over. People Do Think I'm The Bandit [from Smokey And The Bandit ], And I'm A Lot More Serious Than That.

The Moment You Grab Someone By The Lapels, You're Lost.

Friends Come In Herds And They Leave In Herds. Hollywood Loves An Adventure, But You Have To Hit Bottom. Then They Love To Save You And Be A Part Of It. Or Think They're A Part Of It.