Hard Work And A Proper

American Graffiti Was The First Movie Where The Director Let Me Have Any Input. It Was The First Time Anyone Ever Listened To Me. George Thought My Character Should Have A Crew Cut, But I Wasn't Happy With That Idea. I'd Always Had Pretty Long Hair Back Then - In College, Particularly - So I Told George My Character Should Wear A Cowboy Hat. George Thought About It And He Remembered A Bunch Of Guys From Modesto, California, Who Cruised Around, Like My Character, And Wore Cowboy Hats, So It Turned Out That It Actually Fit The Movie.

If You're Going To Define Me Properly, You Must Think In Terms Of My Failures As Well As My Successes.

There Are A Lot Of Different Paths Through The Jungle, But...the Simplest Thing You Can Do Is Make Yourself Useful. Be Easy To Work With, Be A Hard Worker And Help People Get The Job Done. And Do It With As Much Passion And Quality As You Can.

I Knew That There Was An Aspect To This Story That Was Beyond The Typical And That It Was Something Very Important About America, About Our Culture, And About Bringing A Story To A New Generation That Perhaps Didn't Know The Details Of It, (and) Hadn't Had The Visceral Experience That This Film Is [42].

My Goal Was Just To Work Regularly. I Didn't Ever Expect To Be Rich Or Famous. I Wanted To Be A Working Character Actor.