American Quote by Hal Needham

If you read books forever and ever, they will never replace what really counts - that's practical experience.

— Hal Needham

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

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

Trying to get it together with me as a director was impossible. No one wanted to work with me.

— Hal Needham

'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

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

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

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

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

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

I just knew it would get a big laugh when people saw the 'Flying Nun' throwing the bird to a highway patrolman.

— Hal Needham

The critics gave me bad reviews on every movie I made.

— Hal Needham