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Usher

“Usher has got to be the most professional artist I’ve worked with. He’s polite, accommodating, open and just a very nice person to be around. It’s not surprising that he has had the long-withstanding career that he has had. He was in Austin, Texas shooting his first film The Faculty with Robert Rodriguez. Knowing it would be hot in Texas, I requested that we do the shoot on the lake. Considering that he was now acting, I wanted to set him up on some James Bond shit with him manning the boat and water skiing. The boat bit was easy, but he had never water-skied before, so it took him a while before he got up. I was impressed by his perseverance, especially since I got it all on film, including the wipe outs. He must have been knocked down twenty times and swallowed several gallons of water, but finally he was standing for minutes and from then on in he could check off water-skier on his list of accomplishments.”