You asked me my favorite question: What happened and what did you learn from being under contract to MGM? And the answer is I know how to make movies. I understand how to do that. I've been doing that my whole life. It's just easier to raise the money yourself and then hire yourself. It's possible if you reduce your own budget a little.
George HamiltonAt MGM there was a script cage in the basement where theyโd show rushes. And I thought to myself, โHow do I get into the script cage and find out what my future is?โ I climbed into the script cage one night and spent the whole night in there. I saw the bowels of MGM. I saw the studio scripts that the producers had seen; the writers had just handed them in. And I started thinking this is a chance to pick my own roles.
George HamiltonThe first thing my agent told me in 1959 was he said you have to have something recognizable that people will remember. โWhat are you? Do you have cleft in your chin? You have a Jimmy Stewart kind of talk?โ And I thought I donโt know what I can give them that will be different.
George HamiltonThe midfield are like a chef, trying to prise open a stubborn oyster to get at the fleshy meat inside.
George Hamilton