Once I read an interview with Burt Reynolds when he said he pushed for the hiring of Sally Field for "Smokey and the Bandit" even though other executives said she wasn't sexy enough. Reynolds told them she was talented, and that talent is sexy.

Smokey and the Bandit went on to make the most money of any filsm made the same year, except Star Wars.

Talent is sexy, and so are honest emotions, and who knew Burt Reynolds would understand that better than most.