Florida Is A Very Healing Place.

It Was A Bit Of A Lark When I Agreed To Do [smokey And The Bandit], And I Knew We'd Have Fun If We Could Get Jackie Gleason.

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.

Gator [ Mcklusky From White Lightning] Was A Criminal And A Felon, But He Had A Good Heart - He's Probably A Cousin To Bo. Bo Was Not A Felon And Definitely Never Wanted To Hurt Anybody - The Final Scene Confirms That. He Confesses To Buford T. Justice That He Is Right Behind Him. Gator Mcklusky Would Not Have Done That.

The Moment You Grab Someone By The Lapels, You're Lost.

I'm Really Much More Like Phil Potter From [the 1979 Film] Starting Over. People Do Think I'm The Bandit [from Smokey And The Bandit ], And I'm A Lot More Serious Than That.