For Sam Elliott, 'The Hero' sums up his life, career nicely

For Sam Elliott, 'The Hero' sums up his life, career nicely

About when he was just starting out in Hollywood in the late 60s as a contract player for 20th Century Fox, getting paid $85 a week and paying $85 a month for a little bachelor apartment near the studio gate.

About how William Holden once took him to get a French Dip sandwich to calm his nerves after he froze up in a scene.

[...] I really wish they were here — particularly right now, Elliott says on a recent afternoon in a sunny booth at the art deco Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica.

If I never worked again after this movie, I'd be good with it.

"The Hero," out in limited release Friday, is a film that was made, literally, for Elliott.

[...] he's busier than ever juggling the shooting schedule of the Netflix sitcom "The Ranch," with films and press in between.

Elliott and Ross have been married for 33 years, and living in Malibu since they met.

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