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That's why I think Giant
was very important to him.
:02:03
George Stevens, as a director,
was 10-plus!
:02:08
As a human being...
:02:10
he was very special,
and he was also a 10 or a 10-plus.
:02:14
George was wonderful with actors.
:02:16
He was tough on crew.
:02:17
He could be tough because he was
a perfectionist, and he demanded a lot...
:02:22
but with actors,
he just had a wonderful camaraderie.
:02:28
He had a way of becoming whatever
your character was when he talked to you.
:02:33
And I remember, the main scene I had
in the picture was Christmas morning...
:02:41
when Bick talks to Bob Dace
about taking over the ranch eventually.
:02:47
And I bring out
my greetings from President Roosevelt...
:02:50
and say I can't because I've been drafted.
:02:53
And I remember George...
:03:00
doing the entire scene, and
we shot it from every conceivable angle.
:03:03
I mean, literally, from the backs
of our heads we even shot it.
:03:07
But every time we shot that scene,
every time I'd bring out the greetings...
:03:11
I would hear George snickering
off-stage and off-camera.
:03:15
He was so enthusiastic,
and it was catching for actors.
:03:20
He was a joy to work with.
:03:22
I asked a lot of people
who had worked with him:
:03:26
"What's it like to work with him?"
:03:28
And they all, to one, said:
:03:32
"Just make yourself a piece of putty,
and put yourself in his hands...
:03:37
"and he'll do it all."
:03:39
He also had great skill
at working in the editing room...
:03:43
to help actors...
:03:46
in terms of performance, as it were,
protecting them...
:03:50
by choosing the right takes...
:03:52
by maybe not being on their face...
:03:54
on a scene they're having trouble with
at a certain part of it.
:03:59
He would go to great pains...