:04:03
to go all the way around,
over this way and that way...
:04:07
to make me think it's my idea, so that
I'd come up to him and say, "George...
:04:11
"I have a good idea for this scene. "
He'd say, "What's that, Rock?"
:04:16
And I'd tell him.
And he'd say, "Yes. That's a good idea. "
:04:19
And it was his all along.
:04:21
And he caught me every time.
:04:23
Every time.
:04:26
But it was really true,
what everybody said.
:04:28
"Make yourself a piece of putty, and
put yourself in his hands and rely on him."
:04:33
I was in a very good position...
:04:36
when the Giant proposal came up...
:04:40
because, as I said,
I had just starred on Broadway.
:04:42
I had gotten wonderful reviews.
:04:44
I was getting starring parts
on television shows.
:04:48
But I was a little bit scared of movies.
:04:52
I had several other offers, but I decided...
:04:56
I'd rather take it a little easy.
:04:58
I'd rather have a part
that didn't have to carry the film...
:05:03
in which I had a great director,
a great master to guide me through.
:05:09
I walked in the door and...
:05:10
now this is what he said,
because I don't use this language.
:05:13
He said, "Jane, you're going
to make a hell of a Vashti Snythe."
:05:18
I said, "I beg your pardon?"
:05:21
He said, "You're going to be Vashti Snythe
in Giant."
:05:24
I said, "Oh, my land alive! "
:05:27
I said, "No, Mr. Stevens.
:05:29
"When I said I wanted
to share thoughts with you...
:05:31
"I meant about the book
and the different characters."
:05:34
He said,
"You'll get a good chance to find out...
:05:37
"because we're going to be
on the picture for quite a while."
:05:40
I said, "No! I'm a mama now,
and I take care of three kids.
:05:43
"I haven't worked in a long time."
:05:45
He said, "We'll have to do something
about changing that."
:05:48
It's an interesting story,
how he came to this cast.
:05:51
I don't know all of the details...
:05:54
because I was apart from it
when the casting was going on.
:05:57
I know
that he talked with Audrey Hepburn.