![]() He is Peter Pan in a lot of ways and just working with him in that degree I would just show up on the set on my days off and sit next to Steven, behind the camera, and really see what he was doing and to me I talk about it, I talk to art schools or young actors and tell them the kind have the wherewithal to understand when you are in the presence of greatness cuz it just shut up and witness it and try to absorb it because it's really, and I mean I'm thankful that I had the right upbringing as a artist so I kinda knew what was going on and was able to kinda appreciate what was going on because working with Spielberg especially that time and Hoffman of course and Robin Williams its like sitting in the room being able to watch Pissaco paint a stroke, or watch Mozart conduct a symphony like that's what was going on and even till this day I kinda bring that to the set not just as a actor but also now as a producer. What did you learn on set, working with Steven Spielberg, that has stuck with you throughout your career? The class I grew up in we watched some of his English films before he got to America and did Roger Rabbit? and things like that, you know some amazing, amazing work and your just a kid trying to a sponge soaking it all up. I was a fan of Robin Williams since I was a very young kid cuz I love Mork and Mindy and watching films like The World According to Garp, you know, Dead Poets Society before I, which is still among my favorite films, before I got to work with Robin, and being on the set with him and really getting to interact with him and talk to him and such a loving guy. I'd come to spend my days off to watch these guys work, to be in the presence of greatness and really see what they're doing and how they're doing it. It was so impactful to me as a young artist. Working with Robin Williams, and Bob Hopkins, and Dustin Hoffman and you're talking about "gods," really, in our industry. ![]() Really it's a dream, a dream project for like, the reason why people get into cars and drive across country, or jump on a plane or a train or whatever, it's to do a film like Hook working with Spielberg at the height of his prowess, one of the greatest director that ever lived. Working on Hook, it was one of those films that, that's what people come to Hollywood to do. I mean they're great, great guys, both guys were amazing and were amazing to me as a young actor. Looking back on your time with Robin Williams and Bob Hopkins, what do those legacies mean to you now? I just think it's one of those products like I said for a certain generation, which is now the generation that is doing a lot within the geek culture As far as geek culture, I didn't grow up in the comic con geek culture lane, then I started doing Comic Cons seeing the impact of it. People that yelled "Bangarang" at each other or say lines from the movie just in conversation that has nothing to do with the movie.Īnd so, it's become a part of the psyche of a generation and Rufio's a part of that, so. And, It became a part of the vernacular of the whole generation. ![]() And, Hook became one of those films that people watched time after time after time. I watched, We watched Mary Poppins, Sound of Music, that kind of thing with babysitters, at school when the substitute teacher was there, things like that. It's one of those films, like I always tell people, growing up I watched Grease every day. It's crazy, because it's one of those films that became this really cult classic film and really for a generation.
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