You seem to have a golden touch. As we were being fired from Fox for the second time, a young man named Steven Spielberg came in with a project about stunt flying in the early years. When we got to Universal, he brought us The Sugarland Express. And we did. We knew the kid had it from the first shot down in San Antonio.
Most young directors shoot easy stuff on the first two or three days.
He took the most difficult setup, a night shot on a highway in Texas in winter. His talent was obvious to us. That's why we went after him for Jaws. You produced several movies with Marilyn Monroe. She used to come into my office and sit on my lap.