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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.

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