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>>Here we go! >>B mark! >>Action!
>>Richard Zanuck: We've just had a flood of letters
saying we're going to be sad when you folks leave.
This has been the greatest experience of our lives and
it's so quiet down here and you brought some laughter
and some excitement and we're going to be talking about
this for years. That's the kind of comment we get daily.
>>Ron Howard: Often when you go into a town it's, it can be
a little touch-and-go and particularly after a little while
they start to feel that the movie company is
running the town and that hasn't occurred here.
It's been just the opposite. We've had nothing but cooperation.
All of our background people and small parts and extras,
we've been able to cast here in St. Petersburg with a lot of people
who haven't worked in pictures since the silent days but it's great.
I go up and talk to them about it and I say gee you're doing very well
and they'll say well I know a little something about this. I was with
DW Griffith in 1913 or I was making pictures in New Jersey
as an extra working as a kid and I remember and I ask them if
it's changed and they say, no it hasn't changed too much.
>>Maureen Stapleton: He's terrific. I guess they make a big point of
how young he is. I don't know exactly how old he is but
I think if you're good, you're good. It doesn't matter whether
you're young or old or middle or whatever.
>>Jack Guilford: He's so intent. Is he around?
I can speak freely. He's so intent on what he's doing
and I look at him and I see he's 30 years old and he's
been acting for 26 or 27 years. Great, great record.
>>Jean Howard: The first day or two I was on the set
they didn't know Ron was my son
and then he came up to me on the set and
said, mama do this, and they suddenly realized
that there was some kind of connection. [laughs]
>>Ron Howard: My family is a show business family
and they're very professional about everything and they
listen to the director so [laughs] it's painless for me.
>>Ron Howard: Somebody relay this! The next scene
is everybody out of their wetsuits and it's when
you've just arrived at the spot!
I have always liked being on location.
I like being away from Los Angeles and I like working
in an environment where you don't have a lot of
other distractions. I think that a cast and a crew
really tends to pull together when you're on location.
I think that that finds its way on the screen in subtle ways.
Cut! No two days are alike. No two hours are even alike
and that's great. It's a very stimulating environment
to me for my own growth even just as a person.
It's a good spot for me and a good business and
one that I continue to be very enthusiastic about.