Valet Quotes

(on working with Orson Welles on Jane Eyre (1944)) You can not battle an elephant. Orson was such a big man in every way that no one could stand up to him. On the first day at 4 o`clock, he strode in followed by his agent, a dwarf, his valet and a whole entourage. Approaching us, he proclaimed, "All right, everybody turn to page eight." And we did it, though he was not the director.

To make money I picked up work as a busboy, valet parker, skateboard shop employee.

(on working with Orson Welles on "Jane Eyre") You can not battle an elephant. Orson was such a big man in every way that no one could stand up to him. On the first day at 4 o`clock, he strode in followed by his agent, a dwarf, his valet and a whole entourage. Approaching us, he proclaimed, "All right, everybody turn to page eight." And we did it, though he was not the director.

(On having to do filming on two different projects at once, Mirrors (1985) (TV) and "Cover Up" (1984)): I`d get up at 5 for Mirrors, be on that set all day, start work on Cover Up at 7 P.M., work until 2 A.M., and then start the whole cycle over again. A couple of times they had to fly me from one set to another by helicopter. At one point, I called my father in Australia to bitch about this backbreaking schedule. Dad said, "Let me tell you a war story. In the Battle of Britain, I fought the Luftwaffe every day from 3 A.M. until midnight. My valet had to get me up after two hours` sleep. He`d be court-martialled if he didn`t have my signature on his wake-up slip. And that went on for months. So don`t complain, son." I stopped complaining.

We have a parking problem in Nyack, particularly at night, ... We`ve come up with a number of ideas. One of them is to have valet parking village-wide.

My valet keeps candy for me. It gives me a buzz. I love grape Gatorade. I may drink three 32-ounce bottles in a day. I`m not a big water person, never have been.

(Snack (between races, 12:45-4:30 p.m.) Snickers bar and a Gatorade (466 calories).) My valet keeps candy for me, ... It gives me a buzz. I love grape Gatorade. I may drink three 32-ounce bottles in a day. I`m not a big water person, never have been.