Big ears helped Sutherland land big break

Donald Sutherland owes his big ears for his movie break because he's convinced he would have missed out on a speaking part in The Dirty Dozen if he hadn't stood out from the crowd of extras.

That lucky break led to producer Ingo Preminger spotting Sutherland in the film and insisting the young Canadian actor won top billing in dark war comedy M*A*S*H - and the rest, as they say, is history.