The Bearded Trio

In the mid-60's Steven Spielberg befriended actor Jeff Corey, who ran a prestigious acting studio (attended by James Dean, Jack Nicholson, Roger Corman, Irving Kershner and many more). Steven attended lots of classes, but he always avoided acting himself, he was more interested in directing and watching Corey work with the various people. (He later directed Corey in one of his TV-Movies Something Evil ) John Cassevetes If he wasn't attending the classes, he was wandering around the Universal Studio Lot. On one of these walks, he paid a visit to the set of Wind Fever , an episode of a Universal TV-series, directed by Robert Ellis Miller, starring William Shatner, Leo G. Carroll and John Cassavetes.  When Cassavetes saw Spielberg on set he pulled him aside and asked him what he wanted to do. When Spielberg said he wanted to be a director Cassavetes told him that he wanted him to comment him on his acting, after every take, and give him direction for a better t...