“You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat”: ‘Jaws’ Writer Reveals Origins of Movie’s Famous Line
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"[Spielberg and I] shared a house together and spent every waking moment together for the next four months because I was either rewriting or acting in the movie," says Carl Gottlieb.
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Original Title: TIL the reason Roy Scheider ad-libbed the line “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” in Jaws was because it had become a catchphrase on set for anytime anything went wrong. It was directed at two “stingy producers” because the support boat that steadied the barge with the filming equipment was too tiny.