I think some of the special effects in Close Encounters hold up better than the new more expensive special effects is because they were better actually.
This was basically the first time I got to act in action scenes, with things blowing up all around me. It sounds corny, but I think every actor would like to - at least once in his or her career - play the person who saves the entire world.
Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.