I remember a meeting I had at MGM. It was at the end of their reign. They say we have you under contract, and because youโre under contract, weโd like to you to work. I said, well, that seems fair. But if itโs a really good movie, they were going to give it to a particular actor that was not under contract. The bottom line was they were going to pay you more if it was a bad one and pay you less if it was a good one.
George HamiltonOnce, as an experiment, I travelled around the world with a single suit. Before I left, I went to a tailor in Savile Row and asked him to make me a suit that I could wear in any climate and which I could use as a tuxedo, a dinner jacket, a lounge suit and a blazer.
George HamiltonThere came [a script called] โDracula Sucks.โ Now, I liked โDracula Sucks,โ but we gotta change [the title]. They said, โIf you like that, youโre going to like this: โZorro the Gay Blade.โโ I decided I was going to go out and raise the money and develop my own projects. And thatโs what I did. I made โLove at First Biteโ and I made โZorro the Gay Blade.โ [Script rewriter Hal Dresner] and I put together โZorroโ in about eight weeks.
George Hamilton