Debbie Reynolds (1932–2016) Born: April 1, 1932 in El Paso, Texas, USA Died: December 28, 2016 (age 84) in Los Angeles, California, USA Singin’ in the Rain (1952) and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life. [on Carrie Fisher] People used to call her “Debbie Reynolds’ daughter,” now… Continue reading Died Today (December 28th): Debbie Reynolds (1932–2016)
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Died Today (December 28th): Sam Peckinpah (1925–1984)
[on how screenwriting allowed him to become a director] Yeah, but it was hell, because I hate writing. I suffer the tortures of the damned. I can’t sleep and it feels like I’m going to die any minute. Eventually, I lock myself away somewhere, out of reach of a gun, and get it on in one big push. I’d always been around writers and had friends who were writers, but I’d never realized what a lot of goddamned anguish is involved. But it was a way to break in. I paid my dues in this business. I was a go fer, a stagehand. I swept studios and I watch a few good people work. The I started writing and finally selling TV scripts. And after a while I decided to try my hand at movies. I always had two or three projects going at a time. I’d put everything into them and I’d sell a few and then they’d disappear.
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