Florida Is A Very Healing Place.

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.

Gator [ Mcklusky From White Lightning] Was A Criminal And A Felon, But He Had A Good Heart - He's Probably A Cousin To Bo. Bo Was Not A Felon And Definitely Never Wanted To Hurt Anybody - The Final Scene Confirms That. He Confesses To Buford T. Justice That He Is Right Behind Him. Gator Mcklusky Would Not Have Done That.

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

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.

If I Want To Be Up For An Academy Award, I'm Either Going To Have To Play A Tour De Force Of Some Kind Or Have A Tracheotomy Just Before The Nominations.