Teri Garr
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Podcast Appearances
screen test and I thought this must be some part this would be like the lead in a Francis Coppola movie so anyway I went I flew to San Francisco did this audition and then flew back he had me sing when the red red robin comes bob bob bobbing along you know I have to say Francis Coppola was one of the big influences of my life because I think back on things that he had me do from the get-go and what they how they were part of the creative process and he really taught me what that was about in a way and
screen test and I thought this must be some part this would be like the lead in a Francis Coppola movie so anyway I went I flew to San Francisco did this audition and then flew back he had me sing when the red red robin comes bob bob bobbing along you know I have to say Francis Coppola was one of the big influences of my life because I think back on things that he had me do from the get-go and what they how they were part of the creative process and he really taught me what that was about in a way and
screen test and I thought this must be some part this would be like the lead in a Francis Coppola movie so anyway I went I flew to San Francisco did this audition and then flew back he had me sing when the red red robin comes bob bob bobbing along you know I have to say Francis Coppola was one of the big influences of my life because I think back on things that he had me do from the get-go and what they how they were part of the creative process and he really taught me what that was about in a way and
So anyway, I went to San Francisco and auditioned. And then I came back and, well, that's that. I've done a screen test for Francis Coppola. I'm putting this on my resume. I never thought I would get the part. So then I got the part. And they said, you have to be here tomorrow for the cast reading up in San Francisco, which I couldn't do because I was working on Sonny and Cher.
So anyway, I went to San Francisco and auditioned. And then I came back and, well, that's that. I've done a screen test for Francis Coppola. I'm putting this on my resume. I never thought I would get the part. So then I got the part. And they said, you have to be here tomorrow for the cast reading up in San Francisco, which I couldn't do because I was working on Sonny and Cher.
So anyway, I went to San Francisco and auditioned. And then I came back and, well, that's that. I've done a screen test for Francis Coppola. I'm putting this on my resume. I never thought I would get the part. So then I got the part. And they said, you have to be here tomorrow for the cast reading up in San Francisco, which I couldn't do because I was working on Sonny and Cher.
So that's how much I had planned on getting this job. But I lied to them on the Sonny and Cher show and said I was sick. I couldn't be there. And flew up to San Francisco and read the entire script and realized that there was only one scene in the entire movie. But still, I wasn't going to turn it down. I was very excited to have been in it.
So that's how much I had planned on getting this job. But I lied to them on the Sonny and Cher show and said I was sick. I couldn't be there. And flew up to San Francisco and read the entire script and realized that there was only one scene in the entire movie. But still, I wasn't going to turn it down. I was very excited to have been in it.
So that's how much I had planned on getting this job. But I lied to them on the Sonny and Cher show and said I was sick. I couldn't be there. And flew up to San Francisco and read the entire script and realized that there was only one scene in the entire movie. But still, I wasn't going to turn it down. I was very excited to have been in it.
And I think it was really great to have that be the first kind of recognizable part in a film was in the conversation, even though the next movie to come out that I was in was Young Frankenstein where it was all funny and all that and it was a bigger hit movie. it still kind of created a balance there that this girl can act and act and be funny.
And I think it was really great to have that be the first kind of recognizable part in a film was in the conversation, even though the next movie to come out that I was in was Young Frankenstein where it was all funny and all that and it was a bigger hit movie. it still kind of created a balance there that this girl can act and act and be funny.
And I think it was really great to have that be the first kind of recognizable part in a film was in the conversation, even though the next movie to come out that I was in was Young Frankenstein where it was all funny and all that and it was a bigger hit movie. it still kind of created a balance there that this girl can act and act and be funny.
Well, I don't know. I mean, I think it had something to do with he wanted to see that character, if she could be like ingenuous and naive and just jump in and do something cute and sweet. I mean, looking back on it now, I see that. It was his fantasy.
Well, I don't know. I mean, I think it had something to do with he wanted to see that character, if she could be like ingenuous and naive and just jump in and do something cute and sweet. I mean, looking back on it now, I see that. It was his fantasy.
Well, I don't know. I mean, I think it had something to do with he wanted to see that character, if she could be like ingenuous and naive and just jump in and do something cute and sweet. I mean, looking back on it now, I see that. It was his fantasy.
He always wanted to have a girl that was just in a room that would just be there for him, that didn't know anything about him, but that was happy and positive and not bitching about being locked in a room.
He always wanted to have a girl that was just in a room that would just be there for him, that didn't know anything about him, but that was happy and positive and not bitching about being locked in a room.
He always wanted to have a girl that was just in a room that would just be there for him, that didn't know anything about him, but that was happy and positive and not bitching about being locked in a room.
No. You think it's Coppola's fantasy?
No. You think it's Coppola's fantasy?