Florida Is A Very Healing Place.

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.

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

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.

I Regret That I Do Not Have The Dignity Of Ricardo Montalban, The Class Of Dean Martin, Or The Humor Of Bill Cosby. I Do Have The Heart Of A Lion.

I Love Stroker Ace. I Love The Whole Team. Jim Nabors Really Stole The Show, And Ned Beatty, Well I've Made More Of My Movies With Ned Beatty Than Anybody Else.