"EVERYBODY KNEW JOE SPINELL HAD SOMETHIN' SPECIAL." "THIS GUY CAN ACT." "THIS GUY'S REALLY GOOD." "HE'S A REAL SERIOUS ACTOR." "[ Screaming ]" "HE WAS ON HIS WAY, IN MY OPINION, OF BEING THE KING OF HORROR." "HE WAS OUT THERE." "HE WAS ECCENTRIC." "HE WAS A TRUE AVANT-GARDE ARTIST." "BEING AROUND JOE WAS A CONSTANT PARTY." " HE WAS A WILD GUY." " HE WAS A BIT OF A WILD ONE." "HE WAS A WILD MAN." "LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE WHOLE THING'S ABOUT." "LET'S GET FUCKIN' HIGH." "LET'S GET WHACKED UP." "LET'S DO SOMETHIN'." "HE HAD A ROUGH EDGE, BUT INSIDE HE HAD A HEART OF GOLD." "HEWASBORNOCTOBER28, 1936..." "AT 566 2nd AVENUE." "HE WOULD ALWAYS CLOWN AROUND." "WE LIVED IN A RAILROAD FLAT." "HE WOULD COME FROM THE LIVING ROOM..." "AND HAVE HIS ARM AROUND HIS NECK AS IF SOMEONE WERE STRANGLING HIM." "AND HE WOULD TELL FUNNY JOKES TO US TO MAKE US LAUGH." "WELL, IT ACTUALLY STARTED WHEN HE WOULD GO TO THE MADISON SQUARE BOYS CLUB," "WHICH WAS ON 29th STREET." "AND THEY HAD, MORE OR LESS, LIKE A DRAMA CLUB THERE." "AND HE WOULD PARTAKE IN LITTLE PLAYS THAT THEY WOULD PUT ON." "I MET JOE SPINELL WHEN I WAS A KID IN THE BOYS CLUB-- MADISON SQUARE BOYS CLUB." "I LOVED MOVIES, AND I ALWAYS USED TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT THE MOVIES." "HE WAS ALWAYS AT THE MOVIES-- FOR ALL TYPES OF MOVIES," "YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ENTERTAINED HIM." "IT WAS ROUGH." "I HAD TO QUIT SCHOOL TO GO TO WORK." "MY OLDER BROTHER RICO, HE WORKED." "HE WAS REALLY THE SOLE PROVIDER AT THAT TIME..." "BECAUSE MY FATHER WAS A VERY SICK MAN-- HE COULD NOT WORK ANYMORE." "ALBERT, WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH HIM." "HE WAS MY OLDEST BROTHER." "HE HAD MENTAL PROBLEMS, SO HE COULD NEVER WORK." "THEN JOEY, AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL, TRIED TO VENTURE OUT IN THE FIELD, TO GET WORK," "AND STARTED WITH THE CAB." "AND THEN SLOWLY BY SLOWLY STARTED GETTING BIT PARTS." "[ Gunshot ] THE GODFATHER." "WELL, I HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE CREDIT IN THAT." "MY SISTER-IN-LAW'S BEST FRIEND WAS MARRIED TO MARIO PUZO." "AND SHE HAD TOLD ME THEY WERE GONNA MAKE THIS FILM." "SO I WROTE A SIX-PAGE LETTER STATING HOW GOOD HE WAS," "A NATURAL ACTOR, NEVER HAD ANY LESSONS." "MAYBE ABOUT TWO, THREE WEEKS LATER," "I RECEIVED A LETTER TELLING HIM TO GO FOR AN AUDITION," "AND THAT'S HOW HE GOT THE PART IN THE GODFATHER." "WELL, ACTUALLY, I WENT TO A BARBECUE WITH A FRIEND OF MINE THAT I WENT TO FILM SCHOOL WITH." "HIS NAME WAS FELIX THE CAT." "THERE WAS THIS YOUNG MAN IN FULL REGALIA LIKE HE CAME OUT OF THE GODFATHER," "WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT TIME HE JUST DID." "AND WE SORT OF..." "DEVELOPED A PARTNERSHIP OVER THE YEARS." "YOU KNOW, NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT BECAME JOE AND LOU." "WE WERE LIKE LOVERS IN A WAY, BUT WE WEREN'T PHYSICAL LOVERS." "BUT IT WAS LIKE A CONNECTION, LIKE BROTHERS." "[ Gunshots ]" "RIGHT AFTER THAT, HE SEEMED TO BE GETTING MORE WORK," "ONE AFTER ANOTHER." "HE HAD AN ABILITY TO GO UP TO A BILLY FRIEDKIN OR A FRANCIS COPPOLA..." "AND ABSOLUTELY JUST" "HE HAD NO INTIMIDATION ABOUT WHO THEY WERE." "HE COULD CARE LESS." "AND THEY HIRED HIM EVERY TIME." "THEY LOVED IT." ""COME ON," HE'D SAY." ""BILLY, YOU NEED ME INTHISPICTURE."" ""THERE'S NO PART FOR YOU, JOE."" ""BILLY, TRUST ME, YOU NEED ME IN THE PICTURE."" "JOE WAS THE MOST VERSATILE OF THE SO-CALLED STEREOTYPICAL..." "ITALIAN, YOU KNOW, WISE GUY ACTORS." "JOE BROKE THROUGH THAT AND NOT VERY MANY OTHERS HAVE." "THE GUYS TODAY, THE WISE GUYS, YOU KNOW, THE GOODFELLAS..." "AND THE SOPRANOS TYPE GUYS, THAT'S ALL THEY'RE EVER GONNA DO." "AND JOE PLAYED PRIESTS AND SOUTHERN COAL MINERS..." "AND WESTERN PRISON GUARDS." "I'VE BEEN AN ACTOR SINCE I'M A CHILD." "AT NINE YEARS OLD I WAS ON THE RADIO." "I DID GANGBUSTERS WHEN I WAS A KID." "SO, MOST OF THE PARTS I PLAY ARE VILLAINOUS TYPES, AND I KIND OF KNOW THESE PARTS." "I DROVE A CAB FOR NINE YEARS AND DID PLAYS IN THE PRISONS." "I DID IT FOR THE FORGOTTEN." "SO IT'S NOT LIKE" "I LIVE IN THE SITUATION." "I KIND OF SOAK IT UP." "THEN THEY WERE DOING GODFATHER, PART II, AND HE DID A LOT OF ITALIAN EXTRAS." "SO HE BROUGHT ME THERE AND I GOT IN." "THEN ME AND HIM CAME OUT TO CALIFORNIA." "LIVED TOGETHER IN THE OAKWOOD APARTMENTS." "THE FAMOUS OAKWOOD APARTMENTS ON BARHAM." "OH, IT WAS GREAT OUT HERE." "WHEN WE LEFT NEW YORK, WE WERE LIVING WITH OUR MOTHERS." "BOTH LIVING WITH OUR MOTHERS AT HOME." "NICE WEATHER OUT HERE IN CALIFORNIA, HUH, JOE ?" "IT SUCKS." "TOO HOT." "YOU KNOW, HE WAS SOMEONE WHO WORKED CONSTANTLY." "I MEAN, HE WAS IN DEMAND BY EVERY A-LIST DIRECTOR," "BOTH ON THE EAST COAST AND ON THE WEST COAST." "HE WOULD TAKE A ROLE, LARGE OR SMALL." "HE JUST LOVED TO WORK." "JOE LOVED MOVIES." "HE LOVED BEING ON THE SET." "LOVED ACTING." "THAT WAS HIS LIFE." "JOE NEVER APPROACHED A ROLE AS A SMALL ROLE." "HE, IN A VERY NATURALISTIC WAY, WOULD MAKE ANY ROLE MEMORABLE." "JOE WAS AWARE HE HAD A CERTAIN PHYSICAL APPEARANCE ON CAMERA." "AND HE PLAYED IT." "THEY HIRED HIM FOR THAT." "HE PLAYED THE HEAVY IN A LOT OF STUFF." "EVERYBODY KNEW JOE SPINELL." "HE WAS A REAL RAT BASTARD." "AND EVERYBODY KNEW IT." "SO, IT WAS A SURPRISE..." "WHEN I GOT TO KNOW HIM." "THAT'S WHEN I SAID, "THIS GUY'S REALLY ALL RIGHT." "ILIKEHIM."" "HE WAS GAME FOR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN ?" "WHATEVER YOU ASKED HIM TO DO, HE WAS READY TO DO IT." "SOME GUYS GET PREPARED AND YOU CAN'T TALK TO THEM..." "AND THEY CAN'T BE DISTURBED." "JOE COULD BE SHOOTING CRAP IN A CORNER AND YOU SAY, "SPINELL, YOU'RE ON."" "BOOM." "HE COMES AND HE'S READY." "YOU'D BE TALKING TO HIM OFFSTAGE AND HE'D BE TELLING JOKES." "AND AS SOON AS IT WAS TIME TO GO ON," "HIS PREPARATION WAS SO INTERNAL THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE..." "AND PREPARE AND PREPARE AND PREPARE." "IT WAS ALREADY THERE FOR HIM." "IT JUST SURFACED AS SOON AS THE CAMERA WENT ON." "ROBERTDENIROREALLYGETS  INTOIT." "HERE'SANACTOR WHOGAINS60 POUNDS..." "TO DO THE RAGING BULL." "VERY FEW ACTORS WOULD DO THAT, YOU KNOW." "TRUE." "IN ESSENCE, THEY'RE THE TOP ACTORS." "I DON'T FEEL I'M IN THEIR CLASS AT ALL." "I'M AN ADMIRER OF THEM AND AL PACINO TOO." "BUT THE THING IS YOU DO A LITTLE RESEARCH." "BUT I LIKE TO PLAY OFF MORE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING." "HE WAS VERY SERIOUS WHEN IT CAME TO HIS LINES OR HIS CRAFT." "AND NO MATTER HOW-- IF HE WAS INEBRIATED OR WHATEVER" "SOMETIMES HE USED TO COME ON THE SETS BOMBED," "BUT AS SOON AS IT CAME TIME FOR HIM TO DO HIS THING, HE WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY." "I'M READY TO GET A BOTTLE OF BOOZE AND STRAIGHTEN OUT MY ACT HERE." "THIS IS HARD TO TAKE STRAIGHT." "I FIRST MET JOE, UH, WHEN I WAS DOING..." "A QUESTION OF HONOR." "AND TO SHOW YOU WHAT KIND OF A GUY JOE WAS," "THERE WAS A SCENE WHERE A GUY HAD TO COME IN..." "TO A COURTROOM AND TESTIFY, AND HE HAD TO COME IN WITH A BAG OVER HIS HEAD." "SO A FEW ACTORS THEY OFFERED THE PART TO REFUSED IT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T BE SEEN." "WHEN THE SCENE WAS DONE, THE GUY WALKED OVER TO ME..." "AND I HAD NO IDEA WHO IT WAS." "HE PULLED THE BAG OFF AND IT WAS JOE." "SO JOE HEARD THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM." "JOE SAID, "I'LL DO IT."" "AND WITHOUT NO FANFARE, WITHOUT ANYTHING." "AND THAT'S THE WAY JOE WAS." "JOE WAS THE KIND OF A GUY..." "THAT IF HE WAS YOUR PAL, HE WAS YOUR PAL FOR LIFE." "I'VE NEVER, EVER WORKED WITH A BETTER ACTOR." "NEVER." "EVERYTHING THIS GUY DID WAS RIVETING." "YOU COULD WATCH HIM AND NEVER BE BORED." "EXTREMELY GENEROUS TO HIS FELLOW ACTORS." "I THINK HE WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST ACTORS THAT I'VE EVER WORKED WITH." "JOE WAS A REAL CHARACTER," "AND THAT EMANATED THROUGH HIS PERFORMANCES IN HIS FILMS." "BUT HE WAS ALSO CLASSICALLY TRAINED IN THE THEATER..." "AND WITH JOE PAPPS AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS." "BUT AT THE SAME TIME KIND OF ENVELOPED THAT CERTAIN SCUM QUALITY." "JOE WAS ALWAYS GIVING YOU A BIG HUG AND A KISS." "AND HE NEVER SEEMED TO BE BOTHERED BY THE TRIVIAL..." "OR SERIOUS THINGS THAT BOTHER MOST OF US." "JOE WAS A RENAISSANCE MAN." "MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT THAT." "JOE COULD WRITE POETRY." "JOE COULD PAINT, JOE COULD SING, JOECOULDDANCE." "I DON'T THINK THERE WERE TOO MANY THINGS JOE COULDN'T DO..." "AND DO 'EM WELL AND DO 'EM WITH A SUPREME EXCELLENCE." "BUT HE ALSO LOVED THE SOCIALIZATION..." "AND THE GREGARIOUSNESS OF BEING WITH OTHER ACTORS." "JOE WAS A VERY SOCIAL CREATURE." "DANNY AIELLO AND RAY SERRA AND MICHAEL GAZZO..." "AND NIGEL DAVENPORT AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF YOUNG ACTORS..." "THAT HAVEN'T REALLY MADE IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, DID LITTLE THINGS HERE AND THERE." "JOE WOULD FEED THEM ALL." "AND I WOULD SAY TO JOE, "JOE, IT'S GETTING KIND OF EXPENSIVE."" ""DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT." "I'M FRANK SINATRA, JR."" "I OVER TIP." "SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE FRANK SINATRA." "NO ONE PICKED UP A TAB WHEN HE WAS THERE." "HE HELPED SO MANY PEOPLE." "IT WAS ASTOUNDING." "WHETHER YOU WERE A MAKEUP GUY OR" ""WHAT DO YOU DO ?" "MUSIC." "COME HERE." "DO THE MUSIC IN THIS MOVIE." "LET 'EM DO IT." "HE CAN DO IT." "SHOW 'EM THE MUSIC." "WHAT DO YOU PLAY ?"" ""WHAT DO YOU DO ?" "MAKEUP." "GIVE HER A JOB." "LET HER BE THE MAKEUP GIRL."" "MY BAND'S PLAYING AT THE LINGERIE ON SUNDAY." "WRITE IT DOWN WHERE YOU'RE AT 'CAUSE I WANNA COME." "[ Girl ] SLAMMING." "SLAMMING AND JAMMING." "RAMMING." "RAGGING ON A DRAG." "BUT HE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF A LOT OF MY VENTURES AND MY BROADWAY SHOWS." "I REMEMBER WE WERE DOING MARLOWEONBROADWAY AT THE TIME." "AND JOE ACTUALLY WENT OUT ON THE STREET 'CAUSE WE WERE HAVING A BAD TIME..." "WITH GETTING PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE." "HE WENT OUT ON THE STREET AND WAS TELLING EACH INDIVIDUAL AS THEY WERE WALKING BY..." "WHAT A WONDERFUL SHOW IT WAS." "MR. CONFORTI'S PLAY IS THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO BROADWAY SINCE HAIR." "HE WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE PEOPLE OFF THE STREET INTO A PIZZA PLACE AND BUY THEM FOOD." "HE WOULD BOUNCE AROUND." "HE WOULD TALK TO THE HOOKERS IN TIMES SQUARE." "JOE KNEW EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY KNEW JOE." "[ Pesce ] HE LIKED EVERYBODY." "HE BELIEVED IN EVERYBODY." "HE WOULD FIND GUYS-- "WHERE DID YOU GET THIS GUY ?"" ""HE'S A WRITER."" ""WRITER ?" "WHAT, ARE YOU CRAZY ?"" "HE FOUND STALLONE." "STALLONE CAME UP TO BE IN THE GODFATHER AND THEY TOOK A PASS ON HIM." "THEY WOULDN'T EVEN LET HIM BE AN EXTRA." "[ Lustig ] WHEN NOBODY WOULD GIVE SYLVESTER STALLONE THE RIGHT TIME OF DAY," "JOE WAS GIVING HIM MONEY OUT OF HIS POCKETS SO HE COULD PUT GAS IN HIS CAR..." "AND BE ABLE TO FEED HIS FAMILY, 'CAUSE HE BELIEVED IN STALLONE." "HE WAS A REGULAR GUY, LIKE MY BROTHER." "ALWAYS CLOWNING." "THEY WERE LIKE TWO CLOWNS." "HE ALWAYS LIKED THE KID." "HE USED TO CALL HIM "THE KID."" ""HEY, KID." "I'M WRITING SOMETHING AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA FINISH THIS." "I'M GETTING DISGUSTED WITH ACTING."" "HE SORT OF CONVINCED HIM IN A WAY TO CONTINUE HIS DREAM." "THEN HE WAS GONNA DO ROCKY WITH HIM, AND I SAID TO HIM, "ARE YOU CRAZY ?"" "HE SAID, "I'M GONNA GO TO PHILADELPHIA." "YOU GOTTA COME, BE IN THIS PICTURE."" "HE SAYS, "YOU GOTTA BRING YOUR OWN WARDROBE TOO."" "I SAID, "WE GOTTA BRING OUR OWN WARDROBE AND GO TO PHILADELPHIA TO BE AN EXTRA ?" "YOU'RE CRAZY."" "THEN 12 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS, ROCKY." "[ Bell Dinging ] [ Crowd Cheering ]" "FINALLY STALLONE SUCCEEDED WITH ROCKY I," "WHICH JOEY WAS IN NATURALLY, AND HE WAS ALSO IN ROCKY II." "[ Walter ] THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD FRIENDS UP UNTIL..." "SYLVESTER STARTED TO BECOME VERY POPULAR." "THEN THERE WAS A LITTLE PROBLEM BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM," "AND HE DIDN'T GO ON TO WORK IN ROCKY III." "[ Walter ] HIS MANAGERS STARTED CUTTING HIM AWAY FROM HIS OLD FRIENDS." "AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS BUSINESS." "AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS SYLVESTER'S CHOICE." "I TEND TO THINK NOT, BUT WHO KNOWS." "[ Gunshots ]" "SO ANYWAY, SPIELBERG LIKES ME AND SPINELL." "HE WANTS US TO COME UP AND BE IN THIS PICTURE HE'S DOING, JAWS AT MARTHA'S VINEYARD." "HE WANTS US TO PLAY THE TWO GUYS ON THE DOCK." "I'M THE GUY IN THE WATER SWIMMING." "SPINELL'S GONNA BE ON THE DOCK SAYING," ""DON'T TURN AROUND." "JUST KEEP SWIMMING." "JUST KEEP COMING." "JUST KEEP SWIMMING."" "WE DIDN'T GO BECAUSE I HAD TROUBLES WITH SOME RELATIONSHIP." "SO ANYWAY, WE'RE BACK OUT IN HOLLYWOOD AND WE SEE SPIELBERG." "HE SAYS, "I WANT YOU GUYS TO COME TO MY OFFICE." ""THE ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS ARE GONNA COME OUT TOMORROW..." "AND THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE LIVE AT THE OFFICE."" "STEVE SPIELBERG, THE MAN WITH THE BIGGEST PICTURE EVER MADE CALLED JAWS." "AND JAWS IS ABOUT TO BE NOMINATED IN 11 CATEGORIES." "YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE A SWEEP OF THE NOMINATIONS." "[ Pesce ] SO SPINELL PUTS ON A STRIPED SUIT FROM THE GODFATHER WITH A JAWS T-SHIRT." "SO WE'RE IN THE OFFICE AND THEY'RE GIVING THE NOMINEES OUT" "BEST PICTURE AND THEN THE BEST DIRECTOR." "ROBERT ALTMAN FOR MASH, PARAMOUNT." "OH, I DIDN'T GET IT !" "I DIDN'T GET IT." " I WASN'T NOMINATED !" "I GOT BEATEN OUT BY FELLINI." " I CAN'T BELIEVE IT." "AND HE STARTED YELLING AND RANTING AND RAVING." "I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY." "I HAVE A LOT TO SAY." "FIRST OF ALL" "THESE ARE MY SPOKESMEN." "FIRST OF ALL, BEING IN GODFATHER, I HAVE THIS TO SAY." "THEGODFATHERWASNOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE AND WON," "BUT THE DIRECTOR, BOB FOSSE, OF CABARET WON." "THAT'S BULLSHIT." "YOU CANNOT HAVE THE BEST PICTURE UNLESS THE DIRECTOR IS ALSO NOMINATED." "WHO MADE THE PICTURE ?" "SOMEBODY'S MOTHER ?" "THEDIRECTOR!" "THIS MAN MADE JAWS." "ARE YOU KIDDING ?" "WHO'S KIDDING WHO AROUND HERE ?" "THISISADARKDAY INHOLLYWOOD." "ABSOLUTELY." "THE SUN IS SHINING, BUT THIS IS A VERY DARK DAY." "THE GREATEST PICTURE OF ALL TIME WAS MADE AND THEY HAVEN'T RECOGNIZED THE DIRECTOR." "WHO MADE IT, THE SHARK ?" "WE ACTUALLY SAVED HIM A LOT OF EMBARRASSMENT BECAUSE THE NEXT THING WOULD HAVE BEEN," ""HOW DOES IT FEEL TO DIRECT THE BIGGEST GROSSING PICTURE OF ALL TIME AND NOT BE A NOMINEE ?"" "I'M SUFFERING ENOUGH." "WE'RE SUFFERING WITH YOU." "I'M SUFFERING." "CANCEL MY DAY." "RIGHT." "WE'RE GETTING DRUNK." "[ Gunshots ]" "THE NINTH CONFIGURATION." "OH, BOY, WHAT AN EXPERIENCE THAT WAS, MAN." "WE MADE IT THE "TENTH CONFIGURATION."" "[ Lynch ] IT WAS SHOT DURING THE '70s," "AND IT WAS ALSO SHOT IN BUDAPEST." "AND IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE OVER THERE..." "UNDER TOTALITARIANISM." "I MEAN, IT WAS HEAVY." "IT WAS LONG AND ARDUOUS, BUT BECAUSE OF JOE..." "IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST..." "SATISFYING FILM EXPERIENCES THAT I'VE EVER HAD." "OPPRESSION, SUPPRESSION." "AND JOE SPINELL WAS LIKE, "WHAT, ARE YOU KIDDING ME ?"" "AND JOE RIGHT AWAY FIGURED OUT WHERE THE BLACK MARKET WAS." "WE GOT OUR MONEY'S WORTH WHEN WE WERE OVER THERE, BELIEVE ME." "THEY USED TO GO OUT DRINKING A LOT." "AND BETWEEN HIM AND JASON AND STACY" "THEY WERE IN A BAR AND THEYGOTINTOANALTERCATION." "HOW'D YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THAT ?" "DID A LITTLE RESEARCH, HUH ?" "SUFFICE TO SAY, WE GOT INVOLVED IN..." "A MINOR BARROOM BRAWL." "ONE OF THE OLD-FASHIONED ONES WITH THESE TWO RUSSIANS." "I MEAN, NO, TWO GERMANS." "I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE GERMANS OR RUSSIANS." "AND THERE WAS BOTTLES BROKEN OVER PEOPLES' HEADS..." "AND FISTFIGHTS HAPPENING." "AND..." "THEY WENT TO JAIL." "IT WAS FUNNY WALKING THROUGH THE POLICE STATION 'CAUSE NOBODY WAS IN THE POLICE STATION..." "BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS AFRAID TO COMMIT A CRIME IN HUNGARY." "SO FOR THIS KIND OF MINOR INFRACTION-- BARROOM BRAWL" "WE WERE THE CRIMINALS IN BUDAPEST." "THEN I GET A CALL FROM THE" " I GUESS..." "THE EX MRS. SPINELL AT THE TIME..." "AND SHE SAID, "YOU'VE GOTTA HELP ME."" "I SAID, "WHY ?" "WHAT'S WRONG ?" SHE SAID, "THEY ARRESTED JOE."" "I SAID, "WHAT DID HE DO ?"" "THEY SAID, "WHO HIT WHO ?" ""DID YOU REALLY HIT THIS MAN IN THE HEAD WITH A BOTTLE ?" "DID YOU THROW A TABLE AT SOMEBODY OVER THERE ?"" "I HAD TO SNEAK MONEY IN." "I HAD TO" "YOU CAN'T GO IN WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY, SO I HAD TO BRING MONEY TO BUY THEM OUT." "THE COP SAID," ""COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT THE GODFATHER ?"" "JOE RIGHT AWAY LAUNCHES INTO WHAT THE GODFATHER WAS AND WHAT MARLON BRANDO WAS LIKE." "AND THESE TWO COPS, THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE SOAKING IT ALL UP." "DOES ANYBODY WANNA TAKE CARE OF ME ?" "[Laughter]" "IS RODNEY STILL HERE, THAT GAY BLACK GUY FROM CANTON ?" "RODNEY, COME FORWARD AND SUCK MY DICK." "[Laughter]" "IF YOU GET IT HARD, IT'S ALL YOURS." "HE HAD, WHAT I CALL," "A BROOKLYN SENSE OF BALL BREAKING, IF YOU WILL." "I FUCKED THEM BEFORE YOU GUYS WERE BORN." "FORGET ABOUT BOY GEORGE." "I FUCKED MICK JAGGER WHEN I WAS 19." "ARE YOU DONE PLAYING WITH YOUR DOLLS ?" "JIMI HENDRIX USED TO BLOW ME WHILE HE SHOT UP." "WE HAVE THIS SORT OF FRIENDLY WAY OF-OF-OF..." "PLAYING GAMES WITH EACH OTHER AND JOE JUST KNEW WHEN TO STOP AND EVERYBODY WOULD GET A LAUGH." "YOU CAN BREAK MY BALLS." "IT'S OKAY." "WE USED TO HANG OUT AT FRIAR TUCK A LOT." "AND THERE WASN'T TOO MUCH OF GOING ANYPLACE BUT THERE." "THAT WAS SORT OF OUR OFFICE." "[ Forster ] HE WAS A PRETTY STRONG DRINKER." "HE, UH" " WELL, HE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A WHACK AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE FIGURED OUT BY NOW." "IF YOU WANTED HIM TO COME HOME THREE DAYS LATER, IT WAS GREAT." "TWENTY-FOUR HOURS DIDN'T EXIST TO HIM, YOU KNOW." "A DAY WAS 72 HOURS." "IN RESTAURANTS, HE'D SAY, "YOU KNOW WHO I AM ?" "I'M JOE SPINELL."" "THEN HE'D START RATTLING OFF." "YOU DEFINITELY KNEW YOU WERE SITTING WITH SOMEONE WHO..." "COMMANDED THAT PRESENCE AND THAT RESPECT." "I REMEMBER ONE TIME WE WERE IN A CAR GOING UP RIVERSIDE DRIVE..." "AND THE DAMNED CAR BROKE DOWN." "AND FOUR OF US INCLUDING SPINELL WERE PUSHING THE CAR." "HE SAID, "THIS IS BULLSHIT." "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM ?"" "SO HE HAILS A COP CAR DOWN." "NEXT THING YOU KNOW WE'RE ALL IN THE CAR AND HE'S GETTING THE COP CAR TO PUSH US." "HE LOVED TO HAVE A GOOD TIME." "HELOVEDTO GO TO" "ESPECIALLY DRINKING." "HE LOVED TO DRINK." "AND I KNOW HE WAS GOING TO HIS GIRLIE PLACES WHERE THE GIRLS DANCED IN THE NUDE." "AND HE WOULD FEED THEM THE FIVE-DOLLAR BILLS, THE TEN-DOLLAR BILLS." "HE WAS VERY GENEROUS-- A VERY GENEROUS GUY." "I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE WOMEN BECAUSE I FORGOT MOST OF THEIR NAMES." "THAT'S ANOTHER STORY." "[ Girl ] KISS HIM." "GIVE HIM ONE ON THE LIPS." "NO !" "I MET HIS WIFE, OR THE MOTHER OF THE CHILD IN LAS VEGAS," "AND THIS GIRL THAT I KNEW CAME IN WITH HIS WIFE" "I THINK IT WAS HIS WIFE" "AND SAID, "THIS IS JOE'S WIFE."" "I SAID, "I DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD A WIFE." SHE SAID, "THEY HAD A BABY TOGETHER."" "JOE WAS MARRIED TO A PORN ACTRESS." "ANYWAY, I REMEMBER BEFORE JOE MARRIED HER," "ONE OF HER MOVIES HAD OPENED UP CALLED AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FLEA." "AND JOE SAID, "LET'S GO SEE THE MOVIE."" "I SAID, "I'M NOT GONNA GO WITH YOU AND WATCH YOUR GIRLFRIEND HUMP ON THE SCREEN."" "HE SAID, "NO, BILL." "IT'S NO BIG DEAL." "LET'S JUST GO."" "WELL, WE WENT TO THE CINEMA TO WATCH THIS." "LUKE AND I SAT IN ONE ROW." "AND JOE SAT ABOUT SEVEN ROWS IN FRONT OF US 'CAUSE HE LIKED TO SMOKE." "AND EVERY TIME HIS WIFE OR ONE OF THE OTHER ACTRESSES..." "MADE SOME STUPID REMARK THAT WAS MEANT TO BE FUNNY," "NEVER LET ANYONE PUT THEIR HANDS THERE." "JOE BURSTS OUT IN THIS LAUGHTER." "AND, UH, SO IT WAS, LIKE, REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE BEING THERE..." "AND THEN WATCHING HIS GIRLFRIEND HAVING SEX UP ON THE SCREEN." "WE WERE GOING, "OH, BOY." "OH, BOY." "WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN WE LEAVE HERE ?"" "OH, MY GOODNESS !" "WE EXIT THE CINEMA." "WE'RE IN THE LOBBY OF THE CINEMA..." "WALKING TOWARDS THE STREET AND JOE STOPS ME." "HE GOES, "NOW LISTEN." "IN THAT SCENE WITH THE GUY," ""SHE JUST LICKED HIS COCK A LITTLE BIT." ""SHE DIDN'T REALLY, LIKE, SUCKIT,YOUKNOW." ""WHEN THE GUY WAS FUCKING HER IN THIS SCENE," "SHE DIDN'T SEEM TO REALLY BE ENJOYING IT THAT MUCH."" "I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, "MY GOD !" YOU KNOW ?" "AND SO WHERE MOST GUYS MIGHT HAVE TAKEN A DIFFERENT PATH," "JOE, OF COURSE, GOING TO SEE THIS MOVIE SAID, "I GOTTA MARRY HER."" "¶¶ [ "Wedding March" ]" "YOU KNOW, AS HUSBAND AND WIFE AT THAT TIME, JOE WAS HANGING OUT WITH ALL THE GUYS." "THEN HE KIND OF DISAPPEARED." "HE WENT OFF THE RADAR SCREEN THERE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS." "SHE SEEMED LIKE A VERY NICE LADY." "I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THEIR RELATIONSHIP." "I THINK IT WAS SHORT-LIVED." "WHENEVER THEY GOT TOGETHER, I DON'T KNOW" "HE WAS CRAZY ABOUT HER." "VERY JEALOUS OF HER." "INVARIABLY, DURING THE NIGHT THEY'D WIND UP IN SOME KIND OF AN ARGUMENT." "THEY HAD A BABY TOGETHER." "SHE HAD TAKEN THE BABY AND RAN OFF TO FLORIDA TO LIVE WITH HER SISTER." "¶¶ [ Organ ]" "I LIVE WITH MY MOTHER IN SUNNYSIDE, QUEENS." "[Man]FABULOUS." "I HAD A HOUSE OUT IN L.A., TOLUCA LAKE, BUT I WENT THROUGH THE HOLLYWOOD SYNDROME" "MAKE IT, LOSE IT, FORGET IT." " I'M BACK HOME." " HE TOOK CARE OF HIS MOTHER." "HE STAYED IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD HE WAS BORN IN," "IN THE SAME PLACE THAT HE WAS RAISED UP IN." "[ Conforti ] JOE HAD A REAL INTERESTING RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MOM." "THEY WERE LIKE-- ALMOST LIKE HUSBAND AND WIFE IN A WAY..." "BECAUSE HE WOULD ALWAYS YELL AT HER WHEN SHE DID SOMETHING WRONG." "WHYDON'TYOUBEHAPPY JUSTDRIVINGTHECAB ?" "BECAUSE I GOT TALENT, MOM !" "[ Conforti ] LOVED HER VERY MUCH." "HE WAS KIND TO HER." "IF HIS MOTHER WAS YOUNGER, THAT WOULD BE HIS GIRLFRIEND." "THAT'S HOW MUCH HE LOVED HER," "NOT ONLY AS A MOTHER BUT AS A PERSON." "HE USED TO TAKE HIS MOTHER ON AUDITIONS." "HE GOT HIS MOTHER IN THREE FILMS." "DANNY." "WHAT IS IT, MA ?" "YOU GOT A JOINT ?" "[ Lustig ] SHE USED TO CALL ME UP, "HELLO, BILL." ""DO YOU KNOW WHERE JOEY IS ?" "DOYOUKNOWWHEREJOEY IS?" "I CAN'T FIND HIM." "HE DIDN'T COME HOME LAST NIGHT."" "JOE WAS A GOOD LITTLE OBEDIENT SON WITH HIS MOM." "AND WHEN HE WASN'T AROUND HIS MOM, YOU KNOW," "HE WAS A BIT OF A WILD MAN." "BUT, YOU KNOW, A FUN-LOVING GUY." "ONE DAY YOU WOULD KILL FOR JOE AND THE NEXT DAY YOU WANTED TO KILL JOE." "YOU KNOW, HE COULD WALK OUT OF A BAR WHERE HE HAD A COUPLE HUNDRED-DOLLAR TAB GOIN'..." "AND YOU'D GET STUCK WITH IT." "AND THE NEXT DAY HE'D COME IN AND BUY THE WHOLE PLACE, INCLUDING YOU, DINNER." "JOE HAD A LITTLE, UH, TAX PROBLEM..." "WHERE HIS SISTER HAD TAKEN OVER CONTROL OF HIS FINANCES." "AND SHE WOULD GIVE HIM $20 HERE AND THERE..." "TO EAT AND BUY FOOD AND STUFF." "AND, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE OUT IN THE BAR SPENDING THOUSANDS AT NIGHT." "JOE WOULD-- DID NOT HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT..." "BECAUSE HIM AND THE I.R.S. DID NOT SEE EYE TO EYE ABOUT FINANCES." "AND SO WHEN JOE WOULD GET THESE HUGE RESIDUAL CHECKS FROM THE GODFATHER," "HE'D SHOW UP AT OUR OFFICE AND GO, "BILL, DO YOU THINK YOU COULD..." "COME DOWN TO THE BANK AND CASH THIS $16,000 CHECK ?"" "AND I'D LOOK AT THESE HUGE CHECKS HE WAS GETTING ON GODFATHER," "AND I ASKED HIM, "HOW DID YOU GET THIS ?" "HOW COME YOU'RE GETTING ALL THIS MONEY ?"" "HE SAID, "I WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST PAID PERSON ON THE GODFATHER."" "AND THEN HE TOLD ME THE STORY THAT HE WAS HIRED AS A DAY PLAYER." "AND HE HAD ASKED, ACCORDING TO JOE, COPPOLA..." "IF HE WOULD MIND IF JOE HUNG AROUND THE SET AND JUST TAKE IT ALL IN AND LEARN THE BUSINESS." "COPPOLA LOVED JOE SO MUCH AND LOVED HIS LOOK AND LOVED HANGING OUT WITH HIM..." "THAT HE KEPT HIM ON THE PICTURE FOR OVER SIX MONTHS." "ONE OF THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD REPS USED TO LOG HIM IN EVERY DAY AS BEING ON THE JOB." "ALL THE OTHER ACTORS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MARLON BRANDO," "WERE ALL BEING PAID WHAT WAS CALLED "SCHEDULE-AFT S.A.G. MINIMUM."" "[ Kennedy ] JOE WAS ENDING UP WITH CHECKS FOR A FEW THOUSAND BUCKS MORE..." "THAN THE LEAD ACTORS IN THE MOVIE." "HE WAS TALKING TO ME ONE DAY AT FRIAR TUCK," "AND HE SAID, "YEAH, ELLIOT KASTNER," ""I THINK HE WANTS TO GIVE ME A FIVE-PICTURE DEAL." "WHAT DO YOU THINK ?" I SAID, "JOE, YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY." ""A FIVE-PICTURE DEAL WITH ELLIOT..." "I THINK WOULD BE A WONDERFUL CAREER OPPORTUNITY."" "HE SAID, "I HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM." I SAID, "WHAT'S THE PROBLEM ?" "WHAT PROBLEM COULD YOU REALLY HAVE ?"" "HE SAID, "I HAVE THESE TWO YOUNG KIDS-- 19 YEARS OLD." ""A KID BY THE NAME OFBILLLUSTIG ANDANDYGARRONI." "THEY WANT ME TO DO THIS HORROR FILM." "WHAT DO YOU THINK ?"" "[ Pesce ] HIM AND BILL LUSTIG WERE GONNA DO THIS LOW-BUDGET HORROR MOVIE..." "CALLED MANIAC, AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE CRAZY." "ONCE AGAIN, SPINELL BELIEVED IN THIS BILL LUSTIG." "WE BECAME FRIENDLY BECAUSE WE BOTH SHARED A LOVE OF FILM," "ESPECIALLY HORROR FILMS." "JOE AND I FIRST STARTED OFF BY TALKING ABOUT FILMS," "AND THEN WE BEGAN GOING TO 42nd STREET TOGETHER..." "TO CATCH THE LATEST DOUBLE FEATURE OF HORROR FILMS." "I RECALL US GOING AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING..." "TO SEE A MOVIE CALLED HOLLYWOOD HILLSIDE STRANGLER." "WE COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW BAD IT WAS." "WE BEGAN SAYING, "WE CAN DO A PICTURE OURSELVES ANDDOIT BETTER."" "I THOUGHT THEY WERE CRAZY." "MANIAC." "I SAID, "IF YOU EVER SHOOT THIS THING, WHEREAREYOUGONNAPLAY IT?" "WHO'S GONNA PLAY THIS THING ?" "YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET IN THE THEATERS."" "IN DOING MANIAC, IT WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT JOE WANTED TO DO." "ONE WAS TO BE A STAR OF A FILM," "BUT ALSO AS IMPORTANT TO HIM IS TO BE THE PRODUCER." "IT'S MY FIRST MOVIE THAT I COPRODUCED..." "WITH BILL LUSTIG, THE DIRECTOR, AND ANDY GARRONI, THE PRODUCER-- TWO YOUNG BOYS." "I WROTE IT, AND I STARRED IN IT." "MY FIRST STARRING ROLE." "IT'S A HORROR MOVIE." "A LOT OF PEOPLE I'M SURE WILL NOT GET OFF ON IT." "MY MOTHER WATCHES IT THROUGH HER HANDS." "[ Screaming ]" "HE STUDIED GACY AND ALL THESE SERIAL KILLERS TO COME UP..." "WITH THIS COMPOSITE CHARACTER TO DO THIS." "WHAT JOE BROUGHT TO THE PROJECT WAS THE INSIGHT INTO SERIAL KILLERS." "¶¶ [ Jazz ] [ Crying ]" "WHATI BROUGHTWERE THEMURDER-SETPIECES..." "THAT WERE INSPIRED BY THE FILMS OF DARIO ARGENTO, [ Knife Slashing ]" "MARIO BAVA AND THOSE SORT OF ITALIAN GIALLO FILMS." "MANIACWASMADE FOR $48,000 CASH." "SIX OF WHICH WAS MONEY FROM JOE'S SALARY ON CRUISING, 12,000 CAME FROM ANDREW GARRONI," "AND 30,000 CAME FROM ME." "WE POOLED OUR MONEY AND FIGURED IF THE TRAIN LEAVES THE STATION," "OTHER PEOPLE WILL JUMP ON BOARD." "WEWOUNDUP  RAISINGA GRANDTOTAL OF135,000IN CASH..." "AS WE WERE MAKING THE MOVIE." "I'D BEEN INVITED TO A FANGORIA WEEKEND." "TOMSAVINI, JOEANDBILLWEREGUESTS, ANDI WASAGUESTTHERE." "HE SAID, "I'VE GOT THIS WONDERFUL PROJECT, THIS FILM." ""BILL'SMAKINGTHISFILM." "BUTWE'VEBEENLET DOWN." "OUR LEAD ACTRESS IS STILL WORKING IN ITALY."" "THEY WERE KIND OF COMMITTED TO SHOOT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS." "SO HE SAID, "HOW WOULD YOU LIKE PLAYING AN ITALIAN PHOTOGRAPHER IN THIS FILM ?"" "[ Lustig ] SHE CAME ABOARD WITH HER HUSBAND." "ACTUALLY, IT WAS HER HUSBAND WHO SAID, "I'LL COME UP WITH THE REST OF THE MONEY YOU NEED."" "THE FEELING I GET WHEN I LOOK AT MANIAC IS BEING VERY COLD," "WORKING LONG HOURS WITH NO SLEEP." "BUT JOE NEVER QUIT." "THATWASTHETHING,MAN." "HENEVERQUIT." "HE BELIEVED MORE IN ME THEN, I THINK, EVERYBODY THERE..." "THAN I'VE EVER HAD A "STAR OF A MOVIE" AFTER." "IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR BILL AND ANDY TO GET HIM MOTIVATED." "I WOULD GET INTO THE CAMPER, AND JOE WOULD SAY, "DO YOU HAVE MY VODKA, DARLING ?"" "I WOULD SAY, "NO, IT'S NOT HERE."" ""WILL YOU GO TELL BILL AND ANDY I QUIT ?" "I AM NOT WORKING ANYMORE."" "THEN HE WOULD GO THROUGH HIS LITTLE TIRADE, AND I WOULD GO SEE BILL AND ANDY," "AND BILL WOULD GO, "I CAN'T" " WHAT ARE YOU--"" "AND ANDY WOULD BE SUNKEN EYES AND SAYING, "THE BUDGET'S THERE ?"" "I SAID, "IF NOT, MIGHT AS WELL SHUT THE MOVIE DOWN, 'CAUSE HE'S NOT WORKING ANYMORE."" "BUT IT WAS A WAY OF JOE KEEPING THE BOYS ON THEIR TOES." "JOE'S WILD WAYS ARE LEGENDARY." "HE WAS AS CRAZY AS HE EVER WAS WHEN HE WAS MAKING THIS FILM," "BUT HE NEVER WAS UNPROFESSIONAL." "HE NEVER DID NOT SHOW UP." "HE NEVER COPPED AN ATTITUDE TO ANYBODY." "HE JUST LIKED TO DRINK AND SMOKE DOPE." "SO HIM AND LUKE WOULD HANG OUT IN THE TRAILER," "AND HE'D COME OUT ON THE SET, ANDHEWASGREAT." "JOE WOULD CALL IT HIS 100-PROOF PERFORMANCE." "FANCY GIRLS..." "IN THEIR FANCY DRESSES AND THEIR LIPSTICK..." "LAUGHING AND DANCING." "HE ABSOLUTELY LIVED LIFE TO THE FULL IN EVERY WHICH WAY," "ESPECIALLY WHEN HE WAS DOING THIS CHARACTER." "SOME NIGHTS HE WOULDN'T SLEEP." "HE'D GO OUT." "HE'S SAY, "I'VE GOTTA DO THIS." "IT'S GOTTA BE RIGHT FOR THE NEXT MORNING." "I'VE GOT TO LOOK RIGHT." AND HE DID, BY GOLLY." "HE LOOKED A BIT ROUGH SOMETIMES WHEN HE'D COME IN THE MORNING." "I WOUND UP DOING SECOND CAMERA." "JOEY AND I USED TO GO OUT AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING WITH THE CAMERA..." "AND DO ALL THESE LITTLE FREAKY SHOTS..." "WHEN BILL AND ANDY WOULD BE SLEEPING." "[ Lustig ] WHEN WE WERE MAKING THE MOVIE, I WOULD SAY TO JOE," ""JOE, WE'LL BE LUCKY IF THISMOVIEPLAYSON42nd STREET ANDTEXASDRIVE-INS."" "AND JOE WOULD SAY TO ME, "BILL, YOU'RE WRONG." "WHAT WE'RE MAKING IS A HAPPENING."" "I REALLY BELIEVE IT WAS THE MARKETING OF ANALYSIS FILM CORPORATION..." "THAT HAS HELPED IN MAKING MANIAC..." "KIND OF AN ICON OF THE EARLY '80s HORROR FILMS." "THEY REALLY MADE IT SOMETHING SPECIAL." "THESE GUYS CAME UP WITH THIS PIECE OF ART..." "THAT WE WERE JUST SHOCKED WHEN WE SAW IT." "JOE WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE HE WANTED HIS FACE ON THE POSTER." "I THINK AT SOME POINT WE PROMISED HIM HIS FACE WOULD BE ON THE POSTER." "HIS FACE WASN'T ON THE POSTER." "THEY HAD CREATED THIS POSTER..." "WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A HUGE ERECTION IN THE PANTS." "[ Chuckling ]" "JOE WAS LIKE, "I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS !" "THIS IS PORNOGRAPHIC !"" "WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL ABOUT MANIAC, JOE ?" "MANIAC IS A HORROR MOVIE..." "THAT CAME OUT OF THE FRONT PAGES OF THE NEW YORK POST AND THE DAILY NEWS..." "ABOUT A CHILD WHO WAS ABUSED BY HIS MOTHER, WHO GREW UP," "AS MANY OF THEM DID." "HE GOES AROUND-- WHENEVER HE GETS TICKED OFF-- KILLING WOMEN." "I THINK IT'S SICK, PERVERTED, AND I WANT TO STOP THINGS LIKE THAT." "THIS IS VIOLENCE." "THIS IS BRUTALITY." "THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SUBJUGATE PEOPLE TO ALMOST DAILY." "[ Lustig ] THE MOST VOCAL GROUP WAS THE FEMINISTS." "NEWSPAPERS WOULDN'T RUN THE ADS." "WE HAD TO CREATE DIFFERENT POSTERS FOR THE SUBWAYS." "IN PLACES LIKE LOS ANGELES, THERE WERE PEOPLE PAINTING OVER THE POSTERS." "[ Woman ] I'M SITTING IN MY OFFICE ALL DAY LONG, AND IT FACES ME." "IT STARES AT ME THROUGH THE WINDOW AND I JUST CAN'T TAKE THIS." "I THINK IT WAS BILL OR ANDY GARRONI, THE COPRODUCER, PHONED ME UP..." "AND SAID, DID I WANT TO COME ALONG AND OPEN IT IN LOS ANGELES WITH JOE ?" "I'D HEARD, BY THE GRAPEVINE, THAT THE WOMEN'S GROUPS..." "WERE UP IN ARMS AGAINST THIS FILM." "THE MANIAC WHO OWNS THIS THEATER WAS SHOWING THE MOVIE..." "THAT SHOWS HOW WOMEN GET STALKED AND KILLED EVERY DAY." "I THOUGHT, "MY GOLLY, I'M NOT GONNA FLY INTO THAT..." "AND FACE THE WRATH OF THE AMERICAN WOMEN."" "SO I CHICKENED OUT." "[ Breathing Heavily ]" "[ Cries Out ]" "IF YOU DON'T LIKE BLOOD AND GORE, DON'T COME AND SEE IT." "BUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HORROR MOVIES" "I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT A LOT OF VIOLENCE ON THE SCREEN..." "UNLESS IT'S DONE WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TASTE." "THERE'S MORE VIOLENCE ON TV NEWS THAN THERE IS IN THE MOVIE." "IT WAS QUITE A BRUTAL FILM, QUITE A RAW FILM..." "OF WHICH MANY HAVE SORT OF COME ALONG AFTER THAT." "ONE OF ITS FIRST." "[ Screaming ]" "I CAN'T SAY I LIKED THE FILM, BUT IT WAS VERY POWERFUL." "[BonesCracking] [MuffledScreaming]" "[ Muffled Shouting ]" "[ Gunshots ]" "JUDD HAMILTON-- CAROLINE MUNRO'S HUSBAND-- WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING..." "A LARGE PORTION OF THE MONEY FOR MANIAC FROM INVESTORS." "AND WHEN THE INVESTORS GOT THEIR MONEY BACK, PLUS PROFITS..." "WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE FILM," "THEY LOOKED AT JUDD HAMILTON AS BEING SOME KIND OF A MOVIE GENIUS." "BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF MANIAC, WE THOUGHT," ""IT SEEMS TO BE QUITE A WINNING FORMULA-- THE TWO OF US TOGETHER."" " WE LIKED TO TOUR TOGETHER." " [ Laughing, Gasps ]" "NO." "IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY FOR ME." "[ Crying ]" "I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE FILM." "[ Lustig ] JUDD WENT TO THEM AND SAID, "WE WANT TO DO ANOTHER MANIAC..." ""WITH JOE SPINELL ANDCAROLINEMUNRO." "GIVE US $500,000, WE'LL GO MAKE THE MOVIE."" "JUDD TOOK THE $500,000, HIRED DAVID WINTERS..." "AND WENT TO THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, TO CANNES, TO SHOOT THIS MOVIE." "I DON'T EVEN THINK THEY HAD A SCRIPT." "I HADN'T SEEN HIM FOR MAYBE THREE OR SIX MONTHS." "I GET A PHONE CALL, AND HE SAYS, "DARLING, DO YOU HAVE YOURPASSPORT?"" "I SAID, "YEAH." HE SAID, "WE'RE GOING TO EUROPE." AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING." "[ Munro ] IT WAS DONE VERY IMPROMPTU," "BECAUSEWEWEREDOING THEFILMFESTIVAL..." "AND A LOT OF THE SCENES COULDN'T BE SET UP AT ALL." "SO WE HAD TO GO WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING." "A LOT OF AD-LIBS GOING ON." "CUT." "PRINT." "JOE BROUGHT HIMSELF TO THAT." "I MEAN, HE DESIGNED THE SET." "HE DESIGNED HIS BEDROOM." "DESIGNED IT." "HE PUT EVERY PICTURE UP THE WAY HE WANTED IT." "HE DESIGNED THE COLOR OF HIS ROOM." "HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THIS PERSON WOULD NEED..." "AS THIS KIND OF OBSESSED FAN WITH THIS WOMAN." "WHENWEWERETHEREFILMING, ITWASEXTRAORDINARY." "HE REALLY DID PARTY A LOT THEN DURING THAT TIME." "¶ YOU DON'T HAVE NOTHIN' ¶" "WEWERESTAYING ATTHECARLTONHOTEL." "I GET A CALL NEAR THE END OF THE SHOOT FROM JUDD HAMILTON." "HE SAYS, "COME DOWN TO THE LOBBY OF THE CARLTON." I SAID, "WHAT'S UP ?"" "HE SAID, "WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE CARLTON."" "I SAID, "I KNOW."" "HE SAID, "TODAY." I SAID, "IT'S 3:00 IN THE MORNING."" "HE SAID, "I KNOW, BUT WE HAVE TO LEAVE." I SAID, "WHY ?"" "HE SAID, "WE OWE THEM 240,000 FRANCS."" "I SAID, "PAY THEM." HE SAID, "WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY."" "HE SAID, "JOE SPENT IT." IT MUST HAVE BEEN 6:30 IN THE MORNING." "THE SUN WAS COMING UP." "WE'RE WALKING DOWN THE MOST FAMOUS BOULEVARD IN THE WORLD," "ALL DISHEVELLED, AND A CAR PASSES US AND STARTS GIVING US KISSES." "WE STARTED THROWING BOTTLES AT THEM AND SCREAMING, "YOU MOTHERFUCKER !" "YOU COCKSUCKER !" "STOP THE CAR !"" "NEEDLESS TO STAY, WE GRABBED A CAB, GOT TO THE PLANE AND GOT TO SWITZERLAND." "WE WOUND UP STAYING IN A CASTLE CALLED CHATEAU DE PELLY." "DEFINITELYNOT ASTIGHTAPRODUCTION." "ITWASALONGPRODUCTION." "I WAS ABSOLUTELY EXHAUSTED." "WE WENT TO CANNES, AND WE WENT TO GENEVA," "AND I THINK SOME OF IT WAS SHOT IN NEW YORK." "I UNDERSTAND THE FINAL COST OF THE LAST HORROR MOVIE..." "WAS SOMETHING LIKE TWO MILLION DOLLARS." "FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL BUDGET OF THE FILM." "I'VE HEARD STORIES ABOUT HOW THIS GUY RAN UP..." "THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS' WORTH OF BILLS." "HE USED TO TELL ME, "EVERYBODY ROBS ME." "THEYDON'TPAYMEGOOD MONEY." "THEY USE ME FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND PAY ME SHORT DOUGH."" "I DID HAVE A LITTLE MOVIE." "IT WAS CALLED HOLLYWOOD HARRY." "I SAID, "HEY, JOE, NOBODY'S EVER USED YOU AS A GOOD GUY."" "I MADE IT WITH ABOUT $125,000." "NOT MUCH." "I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT ?" "EVERYBODY'S GETTING LOW-BUDGET MINIMUM, INCLUDING ME."" "THE AMOUNT I HAD LEFT OVER WAS 11,400 AND SOMETHING." "I SAID, "JOE, I'M GONNA GIVE IT ALL TO YOU." "HE SAID, "I'LL TAKE IT."" "AND TO HIS CREDIT, HE NEVER CHARGED A PENNY THAT WE HADN'T AGREED ON." "HE WAS A STRAIGHT SHOOTER." "A LITTLE NUTS, BUT A STRAIGHT SHOOTER." "A DOG DOES NOT SHIT LIKE THAT." "ANY ACTOR OR STUDIO MEMBER WOULD KNOW THIS." "[ Forster ] AFTER THE FINAL DAY OF SHOOTING, EVERYBODY" " THE CAST AND CREW" "CAME OVER AND HAD A POOL PARTY." "JOE HAD NO BATHING SUIT." "WE'RE ALL, "I DON'T KNOW, JOE."" "WE WERE ALL A LITTLE BIT AFRAID THAT HE MIGHT COME OUT NAKED." "THAT WAS A LEGITIMATE FEAR." "SO WE'RE ALL SITTING AROUND BY THE POOL AND OUT COMES JOE." "HE HAD A GLAD TRASH BAG." "HE TOOK SOME SCISSORS AND CUT THE ENDS OFF LIKE THIS," "AND HE SLIPPED INTO IT LIKE A BATHING SUIT." "IT WAS BASICALLY A GLAD-BAG DIAPER." "HE COMES STRUTTING OUT LIKE HE'S ON THE RUNWAY..." "AT A SPRING FASHION SHOW FOR BATHING SUITS." "AS HE WAS IN THE POOL, THE WATER WAS FILLING INTO THE GLAD BAG." "HE CAME OUT OF THE POOL, AND IT WAS JUST A GIGANTIC ORB AROUND HIM." "AND LITTLE BY LITTLE, THE WATER WAS COMING OUT THE LEGS," "AND HE WAS JUST IN HIS GLORY." "THAT'S MY FAVORITE IMAGE OF JOE." "[ Gunshots ]" "[ Chattering ]" "THE MANIAC IS HERE, FOLKS." "THE DRINKING AND DRUGS ESCALATED AFTER WE FINISHED MANIAC." "HE WAS REALLY GETTING BAD AFTER THAT." "I THINK MANIAC MIGHT HAVE FACILITATED SOME OF HIS BEHAVIOR." "HE OWNED A SIZABLE PORTION OF THE FILM." "PROFITS WERE COMING IN ON THE FILM WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF OUR COMPLETING IT." "IT OFFERED HIM THE MONEY..." "TO GO AND DO STUFF THAT HE MIGHT NOT HAVE DONE." "IT GOT HARDER." "HE LOST THE INNOCENCE AND ALL THE FUN." "HE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN TO STOP." "I WOULD SAY, "JOE, PULL IT BACK."" "HE WOULD TELL ME, "YOU'RE NOT MY MOTHER." "LEAVEMEALONE."" "I WAS GETTING TIRED OF THE SAME SHIT." "YEAH, I HAD TO TAKE A BREAK FROM IT, YOU KNOW ?" "HE SORT OF GOT MAD AT ME, AND HE GOES" "THE STANDING RAP AMONG FRIENDS WAS, "LUKE TOOK A WOMAN." "HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND ANYMORE."" "[ Lustig ] WHEN WE DID VIGILANTE, HE WAS STARTING TO BECOME UNRELIABLE." "THE DRINKING AND THE DRUGS HAD STARTED TO ESCALATE." "LISTEN TO ME, PAL." "YOU SCREW AROUND WITH ME AND YOUR ASS WILL BE WITH LEGAL AID," "AND THAT SPICK FRIEND OF YOURS WILL BE RAW MEAT IN JAIL." "IT WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT TO GET HIM TO SHOW UP." "IN FACT, ON VIGILANTE, HE DIDN'T SHOW UP ONE MORNING." "ANDY GARRONI HAD TO GO SEARCHING FOR HIM, DOING DETECTIVE WORK," "FROM THE BAR THAT HE WAS IN, WHAT GIRL DID HE PICK UP." "JOE'S MOTHER WAS ONE OF THE EXTRAS IN THE COURTROOM." "WHEN JOE FINALLY DID SHOW UP, SHE YELLED AT JOE WHEN HE CAME IN," ""YOU OWE BILL AND ANDY ANAPOLOGY,ANDYOU OWE  EVERYBODYHEREAN APOLOGY!"" "AND JOE WOULD GO, "YEAH, MA." "OKAY, MA." "I UNDERSTAND." "OKAY." "I WAS WRONG."" "AND THEN JOE APOLOGIZES TO THE WHOLE CAST AND CREW." "YOUR HONOR, MY CLIENT IS WILLING TO PLEAD GUILTY TO THE ASSAULT." "THEFELONYCHARGE AGAINSTHIMIS DROPPED." "I USED TO TAKE HIM UP TO MY HOUSE." "I HAD A LITTLE PLACE..." "ON A LAKE IN POCONO MOUNTAINS IN PENNSYLVANIA." "THE DEAL WAS HE COULD COME IF HE DIDN'T DRINK AND BROUGHT NO BOOZE." "I WOULD GO THROUGH HIS BAG AND CHECK HIS POCKETS." "BUT HE'D FIND A WAY AROUND THAT." "HE'D JUST TO GO TO MY NEIGHBORS AND GET A SHOT HERE AND THERE." "ONE DAY WE'RE OUT THERE, AND WE'RE WAITING ON THE SET, AND THERE'S NO SPINELL." "WE'RE WAITING ON THE SET, AND MY PARTNER TURNS TO ME." ""YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO OVER TO THE HOTEL." "HE'S OVER THERE." "I KNOW."" "I GO UP TO THE MANAGER, AND HE SAID, "MR. SPINELL." ""PLEASE, SIR." "HE'SINTHECOCKTAILLOUNGE." "WE HAVE GUESTS HERE FROM OUT OF TOWN." "COULD YOU DO SOMETHING ?"" "I WALKED IN THE COCKTAIL LOUNGE, AND HE WAS SITTING THERE VERY NICELY, VERY COMPOSED," "HAVING HIS 50th DRINK IN HIS MOTHER'S DRESS." "HE HAD HIS MOTHER'S DRESS ON, AND HE HAD PAINTED HIS FACE." "ITLOOKEDLIKE APICASSOPAINTING." "HESAID,"WHAT'SWRONG?" "IT'S MY MOTHER'S DRESS." "I LIKE IT."" "[ Gunshots ]" "[ Lustig ] SURELY AFTER HIS BROTHER AND MOTHER PASSED AWAY," "I SAW EVEN A FURTHER DECLINE" "SOMEBODY WHO I DIDN'T WANT TO EVEN BE AROUND," "BECAUSE HE WAS JUST SO OUT OF IT." "[ Kennedy ] I STAYED WITH JOE IN HIS APARTMENT AFTER HIS MOTHER HAD DIED." "EVERY TIME WE'D WALK IN THE APARTMENT..." "AFTER WE WERE OUT FOR THE DAY OR NIGHT OR WHATEVER," "HE'D SAY, "HI, MOM." "WE'RE HOME." HI, MA." "WHEN SHE PASSED ON, IT REALLY DID AFFECT HIM." "IT REALLY, REALLY DID." "HIM AND I WERE SORT OF AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AT THAT POINT IN TIME." "I TRULY BELIEVE IT'S SOMETHING THAT HE COULD NEVER CURE HIMSELF OF THE PAIN." "I WAS A BLOCK AWAY AND REALLY, MORE OR LESS, TOOK CARE OF HIM." "IT WAS REALLY TOUGH." "JOE WAS A HEMOPHILIAC, YET HE WOULD GET INTO A FIGHT AT A BAR..." "AND BREAK A BOTTLE TO THREATEN SOMEBODY WITH A BOTTLE." "I SAW A SUICIDAL DECLINE IN JOE." "[ Grillo ] HE WAS REALLY GETTING SICK." "HE WAS AT THE HOSPITAL." "I WENT TO VISIT HIM, AND HE GOT OUT OF BED AND ASKED ME FOR CIGARETTES." "I SAID, "JOE, YOU'RE IN THE HOSPITAL." "YOU CAN'T SMOKE, AND YOU'RE VERY SICK."" "HE SAID, "NO, LET'S TAKE A WALK."" "WE WALKED INTO THE HALL BY THE ELEVATOR, AND SOMEBODY CAME OUT OF THE ELEVATOR," "HE ASKED FOR A CIGARETTE, AND THERE HE WAS, PUFFING AWAY." "HE REALLY DIDN'T CARE." "HE KNEW HE COULDN'T DRINK." "HE WAS DRINKING." "HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO SMOKE." "HE WAS SMOKING." "I DON'T THINK LIFE MEANT AS MUCH TO HIM AFTER HIS MOTHER DIED." "WE WERE DOING A MOVIE CALLED MR. ROBBIE," "WHICH WAS TO BECOME MANIAC II." "I WOULD PICK UP JOE EVERY DAY AT HIS HOME," "DRIVE HIM INTO THE CITY TO MY OFFICE." "I NEVER WANTED TO DO A SEQUEL TO MANIAC." "JOE DID." "SO I DID NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF JOE GOING AND DOING THE SEQUEL." "I CALL UP JOE ABOUT 10:00, 10:30 AT THIS BAR." "I SAY, "I'M LOOKING FOR A GUY NAMED JOE SPINELL." "IS HE THERE ?"" "THE BARTENDER SAYS, "HOLD ON."" "SO JOE SPINELL GETS ON THE PHONE, AND WE JUST START TALKING." "I TOLD HIM HOW MUCH ILOVEDHIMINMANIAC," "AND I WAS A FAN FROM THE OTHER FILMS I'D SEEN HIM POP UP IN." "HESAYS,"LET'SMEET." ISAID,"OKAY." HESAYS,"COMEINTONIGHT."" "I GO INTO MANHATTAN AND I MEET HIM AT THIS BAR," "AND AT THAT POINT, JUST AGREED TO DO THE FILM." "THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED WE DIDN'T HAVE FINANCING, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING." "ALLWEHADWAS JOE SPINELL." "JOESPINELLIS  AVERYSENSITIVEGUY ." "HE LOVED PEOPLE." "HE REALLY LOVED WOMEN." "HE WAS TELLING ME THAT WHEN MANIAC CAME OUT," "A LOT OF WOMEN'S GROUPS REALLY HATED THE FILM." "HE WAS REALLY HURT BY THAT." "SO HE PITCHED ME THE IDEA OF THIS KIDDY SHOW HOST." "THIS GUY WHO RUNS A KIDDY SHOW, DRESSES UP IN CLOWN FACE," "AND HE GETS THESE LETTERS FROM ABUSED KIDS..." "THAT ARE BEING BEATEN AND TORTURED BY THEIR PARENTS." "SO HIS IDEA WAS TO HAVE THIS GUY" " MR. ROBBIE" "GO OUT AND KILL THE ABUSIVE PARENTS." "ITWASPERFECT." "MYTHEORYIS THAT JOEWANTEDTO BE ..." "THE ONLY REAL ACTOR IN THE FILM." "BECAUSE EVERYBODY THAT WAS CAST PRETTY MUCH WAS WHAT THEY WERE AT THE BAR." "THE COOK IN THE FILM IS THE COOK AT THE BAR." "JOE WOULD MEET PEOPLE ON THE STREET AND CAST THEM." "I'D GET THESE ACTRESSES COMING UP TO ME AND SAYING, "I'M THE NEW COSTAR." "I MET JOE LAST NIGHT AT THIS BAR, AND HE TOLD ME I'M IN THE FILM."" "I WOULD HAVE TO GO AND EXPLAIN TO JOE," ""JOE, WE ONLY HAVE FIVE CHARACTERS IN THIS FILM RIGHT NOW."" "JOE REALLY LOVED THE REEL, AND I FELT REALLY GREAT ABOUT THAT." "I NEEDED THAT AT THAT POINT IN MY CAREER." "I WAS JUST STARTING OUT." "SO TO HAVE HIS SUPPORT-- I JUST REMEMBER HIM SITTING IN THE EDITING ROOM." "HE JUST LOVED IT." "IT WAS AS HAPPY AS I COULD SEE HIM BE." "[ Lustig ] I HADN'T SEEN JOE IN SOME TIME." "HE SHOWED UP IN A SUIT AND TIE." "HE DIDN'T LOOK AT ALL WELL." "HE WAS WITH THIS KIND OF AN ELDERLY WOMAN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD." "SHE BEGAN SINGING SOME ITALIAN SONG," "AND JOE RESTED HIS HEAD AGAINST HER SHOULDER..." "AND BEGAN TO CRY." "I'M LOOKING AT THIS, AND I'M THINKING, "OH, MY GOD." "THIS IS AWFUL."" "JUST AFTER I HAD SEEN JOE, I DID A PICTURE CALLED RELENTLESS." "I PHONED JOE TO COME TO LOS ANGELES." "I WOULD FLY HIM OUT TO BE IN THIS SCENE IN THE MOVIE," "AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, JOE TURNED ME DOWN." "HE SAID, "I CAN'T DO IT, BILL." "I LOST MY FALSE TEETH." "I DON'T LOOK GOOD."" "[ Grillo ] ONE DAY I WENT TO PICK HIM UP," "AND I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR ANDRANGTHEBELL." "THERE WAS NO ANSWER." "THE NEXT DAY, THE SAME THING." "SO NOW I'M SAYING, "WHERE COULD HE BE ?"" "HE WAS THE TYPE OF GUY THAT'D GET LOST FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS ANYWAY." "I JUST LEFT HIM THE NIGHT BEFORE." "WE WENT TO GALLAGHER'S," "WATCHING THE GIRLIES DANCE." "I SAID, "JOE, IT'S TIME." IT'D ONLY BEEN A COUPLE HOURS-- "TIME TO GO HOME."" "[ Lustig ] WE HAD JUST GOTTEN THE LAST PAYMENT..." "FOR THE SEQUEL RIGHTS TO MANIAC," "AND I HAD SENT JOE HIS SHARE OF THE MONEY." "A GUY GOT ON THE PHONE AND SAID, "HE'S DEAD."" "I SAID, "DON'T BREAK MY BALLS." I THOUGHT IT WAS A YOUNG KID." "I SAID, "DON'T FOOL AROUND WITH ME, MAN."" "HE SAID, "I'M NOT FOOLING AROUND."" "I SAID, TO BE BLUNT, "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU ?"" "HE SAID, "MY NAME IS POLICE OFFICER O'BRIEN."" "I SAID, "DON'T BREAK MY BALLS." HE SAID, "HOLD ON."" "HE PUT GRACE ON, AND GRACE SAID, "YEAH, HE'S DEAD."" "[ Pesce ] I WAS AT SYLVESTER STALLONE'S HOUSE." "HE SAID, "WHAT HAPPENED ?" I SAID, "JOE SPINELL DIED."" "AND HE FELT TERRIBLE." "THEN HE OPENED UP-- I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS-- A BOTTLE OF WINE OR SOMETHING." "WE HAD A TOAST." "WE SAID, "HERE'S TO JOE." IT WAS SO SAD." "THEYSAIDHE FELL INTHESHOWER." "JOE WAS A HEMOPHILIAC." "THEY FOUND HIM ON THE COUCH, WET, LIKE HE'D JUST COME OUT OF THE SHOWER." "THAT'S THE STORY I GOT." "I DON'T KNOW THE OFFICIAL VERSION OF IT." "ON THAT DAY HE BLED TO DEATH." "I THINK HE DIED PROBABLY OF..." "SOMEWHERE NEAR AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF STIMULANTS..." "AND A BROKEN HEART." "I BELIEVE THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A HEART ATTACK." "THAT'S ALL YOU'RE GETTING OUT OF ME ON THAT ONE." "IF HIS SISTER ROSE SAID IT WAS A HEART ATTACK, IT WAS A HEART ATTACK." "THERE'S A STORY THAT I'M SURE JOE WAS LAUGHING ABOUT IN HEAVEN." "ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JOE KEPT WAS THE SEVERED HEAD FROM THE END OF MANIAC." "HE KEPT IT IN HIS LIVING ROOM ON TOP OF HIS TELEVISION." "WHEN JOE DIED, HE DIED SOMEHOW BY BLEEDING TO DEATH," "AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS ALL THE DETAILS." "BUT HE WAS DRUNK, HIGH OR WHATEVER, AND HE CUT HIMSELF." "HE WAS IN HIS LIVING ROOM, AND HE FELL ASLEEP, AND HE BLED TO DEATH." "SO THERE WAS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF BLOOD ALL OVER HIS LIVING ROOM." "WHEN THE POLICE BURST INTO THE APARTMENT," "THEY SEE ALL THIS BLOOD AND THIS SEVERED HEAD ON TOP OF THE TV." "THEY FREAKED OUT." "I'M SURE JOE FOUND IT FUNNY," "BECAUSE THAT WAS HIS KIND OF SENSE OF HUMOR." "THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT HE'S MADE HIS MARK IN FILM HISTORY." "HE'S GOT SOME WONDERFUL STUFF BEHIND HIM AS A CHARACTER ACTOR." "I FIND IT AWKWARD TO KNOW THAT I'M HERE..." "TALKING TO YOU ABOUT HIM, AND HE'S NOT HERE." " IT'S A DIFFICULT THING." " THE ONE THING THAT EVERYBODY SAID AT THE FUNERAL..." "WAS THAT JOE WAS A MILLION LAUGHS..." "AND THAT WE'LL NEVER LAUGH AGAIN AS WE DID WHEN JOE WAS WITH US." "EVERYBODYWHOKNEWHIM  REALLYLOVEDHIM." "EVEN IF, AT TIMES, THEY COULDN'T STAND HIM." "NOBODY EVER HATED HIM." "HE WAS A GOOD PERSON." "IT'S A SHAME THAT HE'S NOT WITH US, BECAUSE HE HAD SO MUCH TALENT." "HE HAD AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TALENT." "HE WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT IN SO MANY ROLES THAT I SEE TODAY..." "THAT LESSER ACTORS PLAY." "WHEN YOUR MOTHER LIKES SOMEBODY, THE GUY'S GOTTA MEASURE UP." "MY MOTHER LOVED THIS GUY." "HE TREATED EVERYBODY'S MOTHER..." "WITH THE SAME RESPECT HE TREATED HIS OWN." "HE WAS REALLY A VERY UNIQUE CHARACTER." "THIS BUSINESS LOST A REAL TERRIFIC ACTOR," "AND THIS WORLD LOST A REAL TERRIFIC HUMAN BEING." "HE WAS MY PAL." "I LOVED HIM." "WHAT CAN I SAY ?" "SO" " DON'T MAKE ME CRY." "COME ON." "STOP THIS SHIT." "¶ THERE'S A PLACE FOR US ¶" "¶ A TIME AND PLACE FOR US ¶¶" "THAT'S HOW I MET HIM-- ON THE EXORCIST." "HE SHADOWED ME TO MAKE SURE I WAS NOT DOING NAUGHTY THINGS." "[ Chuckling ]" "[ Rustling ]" "[ Announcer ] YOU CAN LOCK YOUR DOORS," "BUT YOU CAN'T LOCK THE MADMAN OUT OF YOUR MIND." "NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED." "MOTHER !" "¶ GOING TO THE SHOWDOWN ¶¶" "[ Announcer ] YOU CAN LOCK YOUR DOORS," "BUT YOU CAN'T LOCK THE MADMAN OUT OF YOUR MIND." "NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED." "[ Footsteps ]" "[ Announcer ] YOUR TERROR IS UNREAL." "BECAUSE THE HORROR IS INSANE." "IT'S YOUR TURN TO EXPERIENCE THE MANIAC" " THERE IS NOWHERE TO RUN..." " [ Screaming ]" "AND NO TIME TO PRAY." "NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED." "¶ GOIN' TO A SHOWDOWN ¶¶" "[ Woman Screaming ]" "NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED." "NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED." "[ Screams ]" "NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED." "NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED." "¶¶ [ Music Box ]" "NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED." "[ Woman Screaming ]" "NO ONE UNDER 17 ADMITTED."