'Megaforce' is a privately financed army of freedom fighters financed and manned by all the free countries of the world. We don't say the force is American-based, but it's obvious because they are driving Fords, encountering rattlesnakes and they ride… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
If you read books forever and ever, they will never replace what really counts - that's practical experience. — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
Audiences want Burt, John Wayne and others to go on doing the same thing forever. It's critics and the actors themselves who want actors… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
There's a standard pay scale for stunts. The more difficult the stunt, the more money involved. But if I'm the only stuntman who can… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
Trying to get it together with me as a director was impossible. No one wanted to work with me. — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
'Death Car' was shot on a freeway that's under construction. It's called 'Chips' Freeway' because it's where they shoot the NBC series. We bring… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
Hell, if I didn't do stunts, I'd have had to be a bartender, or something else that didn't pay well. — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
As far as I know, there is only one other director who was a stuntman - guy named Chuck Bail who directed 'Gumball Rally.'… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
I could jump out of this window feet first, which would be the safe way. But the way I'd do it would be to… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
We try to reduce the danger to a minimum, of course. And then we prepare for accidents with alternate plans. For instance, if I'm… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
You've gotta be careful. People don't want to be reminded of Vietnam and Korea. We lost thousands of fine young men and didn't win… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
I just knew it would get a big laugh when people saw the 'Flying Nun' throwing the bird to a highway patrolman. — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
I have a country-boy sense of humor. I come from a poor family, and I have no education. But I am Middle America, and… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
Here's the thing that I think really pushed me, was my versatility. Because when I came in to the movie business, all the stunt… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
