“When I said they'd scored two goals, of course I meant they'd scored one.” SaidTwoCoursesGoalFootballCommentators Author:George Hamilton
“I remember a meeting I had at MGM. It was at the end of their reign. They say we have you under contract, and because you’re under contract, we’d like to you to work. I said, well, that seems fair. But if it’s a really good movie, they were going to give it to a particular actor that was not under contract. The bottom line was they were going to pay you more if it was a bad one and pay you less if it was a good one.” IfsGivingWellsSaidEndsSeemsRememberActorsLinesPayParticularFairsMeetingsBottomContractsReignBottom LineGood MovieMgmReally Good Movie Author:George Hamilton
“I found a movie called “Light in the Piazza.” I finally made the movie with Olivia de Havilland and myself, but initially there was no way I could make that movie, so I went to work on becoming that character. They told me they had an Italian [actor], and I said, “That’s a Cuban boy!” His name was Tomas Milan. I thought that’s the craziest thing I’d ever heard: They have a Cuban who’s going to play an Italian, and I can’t play it because I’m an American.” WayMadeSaidI CanPlayCharacterLightActorsFoundNamesBoysHeardBecomingItalianCubanCraziestMilanOlivia Author:George Hamilton
“After I got out of the studio system, I was completely [broke] for the 30th time; they said I’d never work again. So I’m going to go and produce those movies that they wouldn’t let me do.” SaidProduceLet MeStudiosBrokeThey Said Author:George Hamilton
“There came [a script called] “Dracula Sucks.” Now, I liked “Dracula Sucks,” but we gotta change [the title]. They said, “If you like that, you’re going to like this: ‘Zorro the Gay Blade.’” I decided I was going to go out and raise the money and develop my own projects. And that’s what I did. I made “Love at First Bite” and I made “Zorro the Gay Blade.” [Script rewriter Hal Dresner] and I put together “Zorro” in about eight weeks.” IfsFirstsMadeSaidTogetherMy OwnWeekGayProjectsDecidedRaisesScriptsEightTitlesBitesThey SaidBladesZorro Author:George Hamilton
“The first thing my agent told me in 1959 was he said you have to have something recognizable that people will remember. “What are you? Do you have cleft in your chin? You have a Jimmy Stewart kind of talk?” And I thought I don’t know what I can give them that will be different.” PeopleKnowsGivingFirstsKindSaidI CanDifferentRememberAgentsJimmyChinsJimmy Stewart Author:George Hamilton
“One day when I was working on a movie, I stayed at the beach a little too long, and they said, “You are going to ruin a whole day of shooting because you’re so dark. Two days ago you weren’t like this!” So I started putting that in the character; I made him suntanned all the time.” LittlesLongMadeSaidTwoWholeCharacterDarkOne DayRuinsBeachShootingThey SaidTwo Days Author:George Hamilton
“Democracy if it meant what our forefathers said, that would be great but unfortunately it's been corrupted by this funding and funding of campaigns. There's a much better way to do it. There could be a small amount of money given by every taxpayer to be dedicated to candidates.” IfsWaySaidWould BeGivenDemocracyAmountCampaignsCandidatesDedicatedFundingTaxpayersBetter WaysForefathersSmall Amounts Author:George Hamilton
