I Regret That I Do

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

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.

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.

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.

I Had Known Hal [needham] For A While By The Time He Moved In, So I Was Sure We'd Get Along Well, And We Did. He'd Go Off And Do His Gigs And I Would Do Mine, And When We Were Lucky We Got To Work On The Same Ones.