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“Everything went wrong. The script was rejected 387 times. The lead actor was recast when shooting was nearly finished. Our director caught on fire several times. The negatives were destroyed by a studio fire. Gene Wilder showed up for some reason.”

"The studio originally wanted Mickey Rooney in every role, but he happened to have the clap at the time, so looked elsewhere and it worked out."

tonnes of shit I do is by accident and I never end up making any classic films

"Nobody wanted to make it, we got turned down by every studio"

Hell the greatest line in cinema history came about because Clarke Gable was wrecked on PCP and when he was supposed to give a soliloquy he just didnt give a shit and wanted to go back to his PCP.

"Hitchcock originally had a huge problem. He had a knack for shooting films as a flimsy pretext to collect new sex mummies, burn art deco buildings, and eat exotic jelly beans. We still don't know how he did it all under budget."

Thank you! I feel like I’ve been saying that to my ex-husband for 20 years. They all say the same thing. “We weren’t sure we could do it, but then we did it!” I guess this is why he’s my ex-husband.

The Making of Jaws...case in point

Except Hearts of Darkness.