At the risk of repeating myself:

"Yeah...I heard that story!"

In the weeks since I made my earlier post, I have obtained a copy of The Godfather Companion by Peter Biskind, and this is what he says about the salaries of certain actors:

Brando got $50,000 for six weeks' work, as well as $1,000 a week in expenses. He also owned 5 percent of the film, with a ceiling of $1.5 million, which is what he eventually got. (But, according to [Paramount executive Peter] Bart, he sold his points back to the studio and ended up with a paltry $300,000.)

Pacino, Caan, and Keaton received $35,000 each.

Duvall got $36,000 for eight weeks of work, and $500 per week in expenses for the shoot in Las Vegas and Hollywood, in addition to two round-trip plane tickets between New York and Los Angeles. His contract stipulated that he travel between the set and his hotel by limo.

I would be curious to know what Castellano actually did receive for his salary.

Signor V.

"For me, there's only my wife..."

"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"

"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"

"It was a grass harp... And we listened."

"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"

"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."