When they asked him how he felt about working with Jolie, who had expressed an interest in the script, Eastwood said, "I feel great about it."
"I'm a big admirer of hers. I think she's terrific, and after working with her I realize it's super terrific," Eastwood told Travers.
The feeling was mutual. "I got the phone call that he was, he was definitely going to do it and was OK with me doing it and I was jumping around the house," Jolie said. "It was like getting my first job, I was thrilled. And it was everything and more that I hoped it would be as an experience."
"It was just the greatest experience I've had working on a film," Jolie said. "And it's probably one of the hardest films I've ever done, with all the balance I needed to find and all the emotion there was. I fell in love with the way he makes films, and his crew and his pace. He's so decisive and he's such a director. It was great."