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Here he had to age from 28 to 58.
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And toward the end of the picture...
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they would build him up in here
with padding...
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and make him heavier,
and some gray in the hair.
:16:18
There's a scene where he has an argument
with Dennis Hopper late in the film.
:16:23
I was on the set
the day they did it here at the studio.
:16:28
Dad had asked Rock to look at
some Spencer Tracy pictures...
:16:33
to get a feeling of how an actor....
:16:35
Thinking that Tracy had a quality
of an older man...
:16:39
that would be useful to Rock.
:16:42
He and Dennis took this scene.
It's a scene where they have an argument.
:16:47
They rehearsed it. They walked around.
:16:50
Dad would always just go on the set
and let them do it.
:16:52
He wouldn't say,
"You stand there, you sit here."
:16:55
They were going around having at it,
and they did it for a little while.
:17:00
Dad used to say that he liked to let actors
rehearse and run through things a while...
:17:05
until they felt the need
for a little assistance.
:17:08
Rather than coming in and saying,
"Here's the way you do it."
:17:12
And he said to Rock,
"I'd like you to sit in that chair."
:17:15
And Rock went over and sat
in this straight, small chair...
:17:20
and then they did the scene.
:17:23
Rock played the scene, and then
he got out of the chair when it got heated.
:17:29
Dad said, "Cut."
:17:30
He said, "Rock, I want you
to stay in that chair for the entire scene."
:17:34
It was such a wonderful thing,
because when you see that scene...
:17:37
Rock is sitting in that chair,
and he is an old man...
:17:41
and the young boy has the vitality.
:17:45
It was just one touch...
:17:48
that made that scene work for Rock.
:17:53
That's an example of how a director
can help an actor.
:17:59
I don't know how other actors felt.