he s great. he said, great. sign him. i love him. he s a great actor. signed arkin. two nights before we re getting ready to shoot i get an emergency phone call. arkin is in the hospital. gallbladder or something. had something removed. in the hospital. and i don t know who should who should do the part. so i said to soderbergh, i said, i ve got one great idea. i think it ll work. i said, who? i said, carl reiner. again, carl reiner and alan arkin. they were great, close friends. i called reiner. it was 11:00 at night. went over to his house. beverly hills. went in. he had guests in the house, mel brooks was there, a couple other people. he said he said, what is it, jerry? what s so important? i said, i need to talk to you right away. he said, what is it? i got a script i want you to read. he said, well, when does it start?
him. always a hat. that s because of the toupee. larry: how do you get him for ocean s? well, arkin was signed to do o, god and i got rid of arkin at the time. didn t get rid of him. i asked him to step aside for george which he did gracefully. years go by and i always remembered i owed alan arkin one. we get to the ocean s thing and i said i got a great idea to play sol. he said who? i said alan arkin. he s great. he said great. sign him. i love him. he s a great actor. signed arkin. two nights before we re getting ready to shoot i get an emergency phone call. arkin is in the hospital. gallbladder or something. had something removed. in the hospital. and i don t know who should who should do the part. so i said, i got one great idea. i think it ll work. i said who? i said, carl reiner.
he s great. he said great. i love him. sign him. great actor. signed arkin. two neets before we re getting ready to shoot i get an emergency phone call. arkin is in the hospital. gallbladder or something. had something removed. in the hospital. and i don t know who should who should do the part. so i said, i got one great idea. i think it ll work. i said who? i said, carl rhyner. again, carl rhyner and alan arkin. they were great, close friends. i called rhyner. it was 11:00 at night. went over to his house. beverly hills. went in. he had guests in the house, mel brooks was there, a couple other people. he said he said, what is it, jerry? what s so important? i said i need to talk to you right away. i got a script i want you to read. he said well when does it start? i said, two days. he said who fell out? i said alan arkin.
he said great. i love him. sign him. great actor. signed arkin. two neets before we re getting ready to shoot i get an emergency phone call. arkin is in the hospital. gallbladder or something. had something removed. in the hospital. and i don t know who should who should do the part. so i said, i got one great idea. i think it ll work. i said who? i said, carl rhyner. again, carl rhyner and alan arkin. they were great, close friends. i called rhyner. it was 11:00 at night. went over to his house. beverly hills. went in. he had guests in the house, mel brooks was there, a couple other people. he said he said, what is it, jerry? what s so important? i said i need to talk to you right away. i got a script i want you to read. he said well when does it start? i said, two days. he said who fell out?