The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977 TV Movie)

Tommy Lee Jones: Howard Hughes

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• Howard Hughes : I'll tell you the truth, Cruickshank, most people just bore me and I don't want to get involved with them.

• Wayne Thomas as himself : [During the conference call]  Wayne Thomas, Mr. Hughes. What's your personal reaction to these recent absurd descriptions of your physical appearance?

  Howard Hughes : Oh, ye-you mean the - the 97 pounds, waist-length beard and so forth?

  Wayne Thomas : Yeah, that's it exactly, and the artists' conceptions and the business about the long fingernails and long toenails, and how in the world would you ever sign a check?

  Howard Hughes : Oh well this - this is very amusing, because, uh, I had the same reaction, that was the uh, it was the first means of disproving it that came to my mind as well. It's pretty good proof that I don't have long fingernails, and how the hell can I write mah name if I have fingernails eight inches long? And toenails eight inches long, couldn't walk!