After all, it was the tearjerkerLove Storythat made O’Neal a star and earned him his sole Oscar nomination.
She winks at the move, telling him, “I think you dropped something.”
This practiced chaos is a deceptively difficult art, one that requires both intense focus and a joyful abandon.

Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal in ‘What’s Up, Doc?'.Silver Screen Collection/Getty
“I mocked it,” O’Nealtold EW of the line in 2021.
“I didn’t hurt it.
But I mocked it.”

Ryan O’Neal in ‘What’s Up, Doc?'.Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty
O’Neal only got the chance to play a role like this once, and that’s our loss.
That’s all there is to it, folks.
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