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I loved working with George.
It was terrific.
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When we sat down to do the scene
with Rock...
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he called me into
Rock Hudson's dressing room...
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and he was giving Rock liquor.
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It was about 9:00 in the morning.
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He was going to do the scene all day long
where Rock was in his cups...
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or Bick was in his cups.
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He was giving him shots,
getting old Bick into the mood.
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He begins to talk. He says, "I wonder
what this old son of a bitch wants."
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This is George talking.
:18:40
I kept thinking, what is it?
:18:41
And I realized he was being Bob Dace.
:18:45
You know,
"What does this son of a bitch want?"
:18:48
This was the way he was giving me
direction, he suddenly became Bob Dace.
:18:53
There was only one scene
that I was in with Jimmy...
:18:56
and Rock and Elizabeth.
:18:59
When he had discovered oil...
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and he came barreling up in his truck
and had oil all over him.
:19:08
They really had to plan it
just like a dance routine.
:19:12
They had to do the choreography
of the scene and how it was going to go.
:19:16
It took a great deal of time
in planning that scene.
:19:20
It was a very important scene in the film,
one of the most important.
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But it was the only time the whole
ensemble of the cast were together.
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But Rock and Jimmy,
I have pictures that I took of them...
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that I'm very proud of.
:19:34
Rock always had
this great sense of humor and fun.
:19:41
He was always that way.
:19:44
Jimmy was very stern...
:19:47
and very concentrating on what
he was doing, which was understandable.
:19:53
I think they could have been real
special friends if they'd had the time to be.
:19:59
The only one who was unhappy
about his aging was Jimmy.