Smokey Quotes
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Trans Am sales went up 70 percent after Smokey and the Bandit, and I was promised a free car every year for life by the Pontiac president.
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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.