The Moment You Grab Someone

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.

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 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 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.

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.