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I Enjoyed Carpentry, And It Was Very Good To Me For 12 Years.

Sometimes I Try To Improve The Language, The Lines, Or The Delivery, But I Don't Ad-lib Because I Think That Makes It Really Hard For Everybody Else Involved.

I Try To Preserve A Certain Amount Of Time Away From The Movies, So I Don't Allow Time To Do Those Smaller Parts That Might Give Me An Opportunity To Do More Seemingly 'artful' Things. Although, Having Said That, I Don't Feel Any Lack Of Noble Purpose If I Do A Film That's Commercial.

I Believe That The Racial Injustice Which Existed Such A Short Time Ago Probably Would Have Persisted Longer If The Color Barrier Had Not Been Broken In Baseball.

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.