All stunt men and women are as competitive as I am. They're just not as talented. — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
I didn't want to limit my income so I decided to master all aspects of stunting. — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
The $25,000 stunt was a demonstration of the automobile air bag system for an Allstate Insurance television commercial. I drove a car… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
I'd always been a good athlete and I liked getting paid what they paid you for stunts. In those days, they paid… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
It's the little added bonus of realism that makes the difference between an adequately done stunt and a really convincing one. — 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… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
Guys like O.J. Simpson and Tony Dorsett can take the ball and run through the line, but I defy them to follow… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
I'd say most stuntmen are injured working with horses. They have a one-celled brain and change their minds right in the middle… — 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
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
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
Trying to get it together with me as a director was impossible. No one wanted to work with me. — Hal Needham Copy Share
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
