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“Ryan O’Neal: God Guy, Bad Guy?” Article-interview by Bonnie Barber. Provincetown Advocate, 18 December, 3, 30. Both Mailer and O’Neal are quoted in this piece about the making of Tough Guys Don’t Dance in Provincetown. Mailer praised O’Neal, saying “I don’t know if there’s another movie star who works that hard.” O’Neal said he enjoyed working on the film, and praised Mailer’s boxing abilities: “He moves, he has combinations. He blackened my eyes.”