James L. Brooks

someplace and I went to see them because I loved it I went to see them in Texas flew to Dallas they had a script and the three guys turned out to be the cast and the writer and the director were all living on the same floor you know but I mean the floor of one apartment with just refuse every place you couldn't walk a straight line in one step without you know it was Owen I'm trying to remember who the third person was maybe Luke I think that's right and I said have you ever read it out loud they hadn't oh wow

Three and a half hour later, I mean, it was the longest damn script in the world.

And I said, it's all going to be about length.

And I remember Wes looking at me and he weighed like 80 pounds.

He lived in his car.

Flash forward, I'm in Paris and this gorgeous guy who owns the world in a white suit.

This is a few years ago.

Yeah, yeah.

No, his life is an art installation now.

Oh my God.

He has a unique career.

He was living in his car and like say three and a half hour, he said, are you going to make the movie?

And I said, I don't know, man.

Not at three and a half hours.

I said, why don't you come?

And then I think it was six months of work that went in.

Wow.

Yeah.

And then they went away and made it.

Yeah.