Is there any way Hammering Man could be used to create jobs?
If you’re asking whether I could put people to work building them, I certainly could direct. But now we have to go buy the steel, and that’s where the problem begins. [Laughs] I do work with a factory in Los Angeles, and when I get a project it puts those guys into a good moment because they know they’re going to get paid for another year. That’s the best I can do. Unless I win the lottery. Are you playing? Once in a while. If you’re in the market and there’s tickets right there and it says $120 million, it’s hard to resist. It has been 16 years since Hammering Man was installed in Seattle. Back then, Boeing was still headquartered here. At the time I did connect it to Boeing, but I don’t think I was too specific when I made my presentation. In fact, I recently had a request from Norway, some people wanting a 25-meter one—which is very large, larger than yours. I don’t know what the workforce is in this town in Norway, but the bigger idea does work for me. Because every city has a work
