[Stevenc131]

The great screenwriter William Goldman wrote, that in spite of how much importance is attached to ‘doing lunch’ in Hollywood, the lunches are really quite short, usually less than 30 minutes. He attributed that to the fact that actors can’t fake interest in anyone other than themselves for more than a half hour. I always assume actors are jerks no matter their screen persona.

[vetvetdoug]

I worked as a technician and the veterinarian for a movie, North & South, Parts I & II. I got to sit at the caterer table with the actors and director and found the lot of them congenial and friendly. "Buddy" Swayze would go to the local bars with us, Kirstie Alley carried my bags from horse to horse as I was treating sick horses on the set, Phillip Cassinauv spent a day with me learning the horse tack, uniforms, and weapons of the Mexican War. Leslie Anne Downs spent time with several of us learning about our horses and what we did in real life. David Wolper and Kevin Connor couldn't have been nicer. I met Andrew McLaugin, Andrew Prine and Don "Red" Barry on the set of Bandalero and they had dinner at my house several times and were just like normal folks. I guess my experiences were different because they were no where near Hollywood.