Was it a fun or was it really hard to deal with? Both.

Both.

Blisteringly hard.

It was the coldest winter.

I say blisteringly.

That's the wrong metaphor.

But it was the coldest winter on record in L.A. history when we did this.

We were all enthralled with this.

olivia to have let's write in roots the next generation uh

and uh i they all were uh first of all uh they they set the standard they set the bar so high that you had to bring your very best and they were all so patient and generous and uh um embracing in the way that they uh allowed a young actor to learn how to spread his wings successfully and contribute to the film because they knew that ultimately was the project that was the most important, not their own ego.

But working with every one of these was just a lifetime's experience in a short, condensed space of time.

I tell you one Burt Lancaster story.

He When we first started filming, my very first scene with him, standing beside the desk, and the director, Ted Post, a lovely, lovely man, now gone, said, action.

Cameras were rolling, sound, speed, everything, action.

And Burt Lancaster, sitting there in his army gear, looked up at me.

I mean, that must have been something.