Entertainment was transportation. You were supposed to take somebody out of their seat and bring them back in. Youโre not supposed to impose your values or your supposed knowledge to manipulate or control people. That was not your job. You were not supposed to use the bully pulpit of Hollywood to pound people with ideas. Youโre there to entertain.
George HamiltonI 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 HamiltonI'm my own doctor. I have a group of people who call me up on a weekly basis. I'm a 'doctor' without a license.
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