It turns out to be a two-seater and he comes along for the ride.
Is there a cooler man in the world?
He was so great to work with.
June Squibb with Thelma producers Zoe Worth, Benjamin Simpson in SundanceMichael Loccisano/Getty Images
And we were together for that whole period of shooting.
The very idea that he was behind me on the scooter was more than I could handle sometimes.
He was so strong and straight, even in his 80s.
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Malcolm McDowell also puts in an appearance.
I only do movies for which I like the script or where I know someone personally involved.
This script really grabbed me.
Its beautifully written, she says.
He was in such control of everything but with joy and great love.
It was just a really great experience.
Of her character Thelma, she says: I thought she was just really strong.
She had very strong feelings about herself, her life and her family.
And I just felt that she was ready for this adventure, and that she could do it.
Squibb also loved the shoots setting of the Valley, which she has long called home.
A lot of people think of it as sort of the other side of the tracks.
Its not Downtown L.A. Im actually going to be shooting a film in New York in a few months.
Theyve been trying to get it made it for a decade.
They first contacted me about 10 years ago.
They wanted me to do it with Ed Asner playing my husband.
Of course, hes since passed.
I decided to do it as it worked out date wise, with Stacy Keach as my husband.
Were becoming very strong.
There are more and more of us.
Theyre having to look at us voting.
Theyre having to look at us in all sorts of ways.
We hold a lot of money in this country right now, she says.
Age is something that people are exploring more and more.
I do Pilates once a week.
We walked in and they kept going on about my age.
It never occurred to me that I couldnt do it.
That was about a year and a half ago.
We stayed with it and its helped.
She suggests the film world also needs to catch up, especially around issues of healthcare and insurance.
I dont know, she says.
