It was the era of Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson; they all had a certain look.
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When Ray Charles is concentrating he's like a piece of granite, nothing twitches, nothing, ... He sat for 25 minutes solid like that, like a stone, and I thought, 'Oh my God, if he doesn't like it I'm dead.' ... And then finally, after 25 minutes he started to talk back to the screen. I heard him say 'That's right. That's the truth.'Taylor Hackford
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I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.
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