Sam Peckinpah Quotes & Trivia



Quotes

Oh, I find it very easy to fall in love.

The end of a picture is always an end of a life.

The Price Is Right can really get me going.

Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists.

Yeah, Dundee was great. It was a great film. I fell in love with my Mexican wife on Dundee.

Your father is not as young as he used to be and not too well, he might not even live to see the release of this film.

Trivia

Peckinpah was voted the 32nd greatest movie director of all-time by Entertainment Weekly.

Peckinpah's last directoral job was a music video for Julian Lennon.

Peckinpah married Begonia Palacios in 1965. They had one child.

Peckinpah was 5 feet, 9 inches tall when he shot The Wild Bunch on location in Mexico in 1968.

Peckinpah reportedly began using cocaine heavily while working on The Killer Elite.

Peckinpah's biggest box office success was The Getaway released in 1973.

Peckinpah loved spending time in Mexico and was fascinated by Mexican culture.

Peckinpah was a heavy drinker and substance abuser who often went on violent binges.

Peckinpah served in the U.S. Marines from 1943 to 1946 but did not see combat during World War II.

Director Peckinpah feuded with stars Charlton Heston and Richard Harris on the set of Major Dundee.

Peckinpah was nominated for an Academy Award for Original Screenplay in 1970 for The Wild Bunch. This was his only Oscar nomination.