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how would you keep the daggone thing on her? there is nothing there. preposterous any way trying to put a tail on a fish. nobody in his right mind would even try. luckily, i'm not.
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not what?
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in my right mind.
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that's oscar-winning actor
morgan freeman
in "dolphin tale." the amazing
true story
of winter, a dolphin whose tail was amputated.
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freeman plays dr. mccarthy creating a new tail for winter. hey, morgan.
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and you starred alongside the real dolphin.
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the real dolphin.
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did she know you were plaking a movie about her?
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i guarantee she knew it. i don't know how you could not know it. even a horse would know it.
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you had a great cast,
harry connick jr
,
ashley judd
,
kris kristofferson
.
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what drew you to this script?
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it's a terrific story. i know about dolphins. i'm a sailor. they're out there. this is something i'm telling people they seldom realize. there are no creatures in the wild that will approach humans other than dolphins.
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that's interesting.
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that's all the more reason to make sure we take care of them.
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were you familiar with the story before the movie?
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i did not know anything about winter until i read the script and it said
based on a true story
.
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you're one of the elite members of the business offered the finest, finest scripts. you probably had 20 you could have said yes to and you said yes to this one. it's got to be in the writing as well as the story, right?
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absolutely.
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did you know the minute you read the story you wanted to be part of this?
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i called my agent up and said, this is a good one, let's do it.
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that is what harry said, too.
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right after that i hear ashley is going to be in it. okay. you're in.
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it's all about the people though. it seems like years, it's months, but you spend a lot of time on the set. you better like the people you're hanging with.
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it helps a lot.
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was there fun on the set? what was the vibe?
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charles smart-in smith is the director. he's got a great sense of humor.
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he also wrote it, didn't he?
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co-wrote, i think. i'm not sure. but he run as good set.
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that's important too. did you know of his work as a director before?
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no, i didn't. i only knew of him as an actor. generally, actors make pretty good directors.
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what films are you interested in seeing? i'm curious what actors like to go see.
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the most memorable film i remember seeing lately, i went to see something, let me think of what it what is, what is upper most in my mind right now is angelina in "salt."
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did you see "the help?"
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i haven't seen "the help."
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you're going to love that.
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that is what everybody said. it was my home state. i read the book. i'm familiar, very familiar. i was reading the book thinking, how are they going to pull this off?
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it was amazing. they did a good job.
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i wish you great luck with this movie.
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i think this movie should do very well. it should appeal in what we've seen, it should appeal to a broad section of people.
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children are going to love this. kids have an innate sense how cool it is, the
animal kingdom
and how we mistreat them. we love you.
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thank you, morgan.
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i know you're in the middle of one film right now. you can come back and tell us about it.
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i absolutely will.
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"dolphin tale" opens today.
