The thing about '48 Hrs.' that really isn't thought about much is that's the first film where the black and the white criticize each other.

Americans aren't good at accents, but the English are because their accents change. You go five or six blocks and the accent is different, so they are used to hearing different pitches. In America, you gotta travel maybe 10 states before you can really hear a difference.

After Civil Rights, it was very awkward for whites and blacks. We didn't know how to talk to each other.

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