Cooter Quotes Part 4
p. 146 “Everything had been going great for me, and I got the big head again. You gotta’ be the most careful when all the lights are green.”
——On being sober for a short while
p. 146 “The DT’s (delirium tremors or “the shakes”) was the only exercise I got in those days.”——On alcohol poisoning and withdrawal symptoms
p. 154 “Well, you must be a helluva’ alcoholic Jonesy!” I thought, “To have none other than God Almighty looking around for you.”——On asking God for his help while passed out drunk
p. 158 “I was reading for Cooter, the good ole’ boy mechanic with a wild and crazy streak. The producers didn’t know the half of it. I not only understood this character, I had spent my whole life being this character.”——On his audition for “Dukes of Hazzard”
p. 161 “Hang on to your hats ya’ll, I gotta’ feelin’ this one is gonna’ take off like a rocket!”——On meeting the “Dukes” cast for the first time
p. 161 “When “Dukes” hit the airwaves there was very little cable, no home satellite dishes, no Internet, no DVD’s, no TiVo and no iPods”
——On the “Dukes” premiere on January 26, 1979
p. 171 “Hollywood is all front and no back”——On being upset because they changed the “Cooter’s Garage” set
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To anyone reading this, this is a book I picked up on my own to read this summer. This is not a suggestion from Mark Lee (although I am hoping he and others will want to read it!)
