--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And regarding *why* Clint's movies as a director tend > to be good, a TM friend who had grown up with Clint > told me an interesting story about him. He started as > a handsome TV cowboy, on "Rawhide." But even then he > realized that the career lifespan of a handsome TV > cowboy was not what he wanted to settle for, so he > spent every minute that he wasn't in front of the > cameras *behind* the cameras, going around and talking > to everyone on the set, finding out how they did their > jobs and what made them good at it. He basically edu- > cated himself in filmmaking. > > To this day, they say that a Clint-directed movie is > one of the most "bankable" in the business because he > never goes a day over schedule or a dollar over budget. > He is famous for having the tightest crews in the biz, > because he knows what he's looking for in a cinematog- > rapher or a gaffer or a lighting technician and hires > the best, and knows how to talk to them to get the > effects and the results he's looking for. > > I always liked this story, because it says a lot about > the man behind the icon. He's humble, willing to learn, > not afraid to mix with the "common folk" and learn from > them, and he has goals in life and does what is neces- > sary -- *whatever* is necessary -- to achieve them. > > I ran into him once in his bar in Carmel, years after > the incident at Maharishi's hotel door. He was sitting > in with the jazz band at the bar, playing piano and > laughing with all the customers. I walked over to say > hi and he not only remembered me and the sock incident, > he remembered my name. It had been probably twenty years > at that point since he had seen me, a few times in one > day, when I was in a menial position driving him around > or standing at the door of a hotel room. > > Since the tendency to self-educate and treat everyone > as equals obviously predates his involvement with TM, > I don't ascribe his success to meditating, merely to > being an interesting guy who walks the walk of his life > with almost as much style as his onscreen characters do. > > Unc > Great story, Unc - thanks for posting it. Must've made an impression on him - 20yrs is a long time. Does he play well?
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