 "Where the hells Paul Newman? Wheres Redford?  Wheres Nicholson? . . ." He then suggests that the movie would make  more money with Neil Diamond (qv) as the "star". A producer  actually suggested Diamond for the Travis Bickle role in  _Taxi Driver (1976)_ (qv) (in which Albert Brooks (I) (qv) had a  supporting role).