Editing Terms of Endearment (section)

==Production==
James L. Brooks wrote the supporting role of Garrett Breedlove for [[Burt Reynolds]], who turned down the role because of a verbal commitment he had made to appear in ''[[Stroker Ace]]''. "There are no awards in Hollywood for being an idiot", Reynolds later said of the decision.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0002/23/lkl.00.html|title=Larry King Live:Burt Reynolds Discusses His Career in Showbiz|date=February 23, 2000|access-date=September 17, 2013|archive-date=April 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404050403/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0002/23/lkl.00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Harrison Ford]] and [[Paul Newman]] also turned down the role.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=McqLdkUnTVgC&pg=PA130|title = Harrison Ford: The Films|isbn = 9780786440481|last1 = Duke|first1 = Brad|date = July 2008| publisher=McFarland }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1SqXAAAAQBAJ&q=terms+of+endearment+paul+newman+harrison+ford+turned+down&pg=PA237|title = Casting Might-Have-Beens: A Film by Film Directory of Actors Considered for Roles Given to Others|isbn = 9781476609768|last1 = Mell|first1 = Eila|date = January 24, 2015| publisher=McFarland }}</ref>

The exterior shots of Aurora Greenway's home were filmed at 3060 Locke Lane, [[Houston]], Texas. The exterior shots of locations intended to be in [[Des Moines, Iowa]] and [[Kearney, Nebraska]] were instead filmed in [[Lincoln, Nebraska]]. Many scenes were filmed on, or near, the campus of the [[University of Nebraska-Lincoln]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/t/Terms_Of_Endearment.html#.V7fb6o-cHIU|title=Filming Locations for Oscar-winner Terms Of Endearment (1983), around Texas and Nebraska.|first=Tony|last=Reeves|publisher=movie-locations.com|access-date=August 20, 2016|archive-date=April 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425050552/http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/t/Terms_Of_Endearment.html#.V7fb6o-cHIU|url-status=live}}</ref> While filming in Lincoln, the state capital, Winger met then-governor of Nebraska [[Bob Kerrey]]; the two wound up dating for two years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-12-ca-438-story.html|title=SHORT TAKES: Debra Winger Is Not for Politics|date=September 12, 1990|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=August 19, 2016|archive-date=October 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024061656/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-09-12/entertainment/ca-438_1_debra-winger|url-status=live}}</ref>

Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger reportedly did not get along with each other during production.<ref>{{cite web|last=Graham|first=Mark|title=After All These Years, Debra Winger Still Can't Stand Shirley MacLaine's Guts|date=September 6, 2008|publisher=[[Gawker]]|url=http://gawker.com/5014822/after-all-these-years-debra-winger-still-cant-stand-shirley-maclaines-guts|access-date=June 6, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607061403/http://gawker.com/5014822/after-all-these-years-debra-winger-still-cant-stand-shirley-maclaines-guts|archive-date=June 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Brew|first=Simon|title=14 Co-stars Who Really Didn't Get Along|work=Den of Geek |date=September 27, 2013|publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]]|url=http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/co-stars/198892/14-co-stars-who-really-didnt-get-along|access-date=June 6, 2015|archive-date=June 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607040119/http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/co-stars/198892/14-co-stars-who-really-didnt-get-along|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Debra Winger: The return of a class act|date=October 24, 2008|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/debra-winger-the-return-of-a-class-act-971262.html|access-date=6 June 2015|archive-date=June 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607061559/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/debra-winger-the-return-of-a-class-act-971262.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=tcm>{{cite web|last=Quin|first=Eleanor|title=TERMS OF ENDEARMENT|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/21416|access-date=June 6, 2015|archive-date=June 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607043444/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/21416%7C0/Terms-of-Endearment.html|url-status=live}}</ref> MacLaine confirmed in an interview that "it was a very tough shoot ... Chaotic...([[James L. Brooks|Jim]]) likes working with tension on the set."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzz7eBlH0bc|title=Shirley MacLaine On Working With Tension On The Set|last=hudsonunionsociety|date=November 30, 2013|via=YouTube|access-date=June 6, 2015|archive-date=November 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128042515/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzz7eBlH0bc|url-status=live}}</ref>

On working with Jack Nicholson, MacLaine said, "Working with Jack Nicholson was crazy",<ref>{{cite news|last=Ouzuonian|first=Richard|title=The present life of Shirley MacLaine|date=1 May 2015|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2015/05/01/the-present-life-of-shirley-maclaine.html|access-date=6 June 2015|archive-date=June 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628190651/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2015/05/01/the-present-life-of-shirley-maclaine.html|url-status=live}}</ref> but that his spontaneity may have contributed to her performance.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shirley MacLaine on Jack Nicholson: He showed up to set practically nude|date=October 30, 2014|publisher=[[Fox News Channel]]|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/shirley-maclaine-on-jack-nicholson-he-showed-up-to-set-practically-nude/|access-date=September 7, 2015|archive-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017001913/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/10/30/shirley-maclaine-on-jack-nicholson-showed-up-to-set-practically-nude/|url-status=live}}</ref> She also said,<blockquote>We're like old smoothies working together. You know the old smoothies they used to show whenever you went to the [[Ice Follies]]. They would have this elderly man and woman – who at that time were 40 – and they had a little bit too much weight around the waist and were moving a little slower. But they danced so elegantly and so in synch with each other that the audience just laid back and sort of sighed. That's the way it is working with Jack. We both know what the other is going to do. And we don't socialize, or anything. It's an amazing chemistry – a wonderful, wonderful feeling.<ref name=tcm/></blockquote>

MacLaine also confirmed in an interview with ''[[USA Today]]'' that Nicholson improvised when he put his hand down her dress in the beach scene.<ref>{{cite news|last=Alexander|first=Bryan|title=Shirley MacLaine tries to bring Jack Nicholson on board "with every script"|date=2 March 2017|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/03/02/shirley-maclaine-tries-bring-jack-nicholson-board-every-script/98621194/|access-date=27 June 2017|archive-date=July 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703011400/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/03/02/shirley-maclaine-tries-bring-jack-nicholson-board-every-script/98621194/|url-status=live}}</ref>