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Category Archives: Actors
Happy Birthday, Charles Lane
Today is the birthday of Charles Lane, one of last century’s greatest and most prolific character actors. He died recently at the age of 102. Charles Lane had straightforward no-bullshit spot-on goodness. He is ALWAYS good, no matter what the … Continue reading
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Stepping Out Of Line
The Siren comes up big, real big, in this fantastic post of analysis about specific line-readings. It has set my mind spinning on line readings I am also particularly fond of, line readings I never get sick of. (“I was … Continue reading
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“I Think If I Had Been a Man I Would Be a Career Officer in the Marines.”
Cousin Kerry, who is currently starring on Broadway in On a Clear Day with Harry Connick, Jr., answered a questionnaire for Playbill.com. There has not been a day in my life that I have not known her. But I learned … Continue reading
“I Know That This Bridge Is Not In LA. If It Is, I Want To See It.”
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Cousin Mike was on Ellen yesterday. He was backstage with his little flip camera and he provides a tour of his dressing room. “She represents some clowns. A bunch of clowns.”
“This is a life-altering moment for these people.” – Actor Ron Eldard on Roadie
I saw Roadie when it premiered at Tribeca (here is my review), and fell in love with its brutal eye, and its quiet observational power. Starring Lois Smith, Bobby Cannavale, Jill Hennessy and Ron Eldard, Roadie is a small ensemble … Continue reading
“I don’t Get that. I have no idea what just happened.”
Alex on Streep. I Don’t Get It. Me neither. And isn’t it wonderful?
Why I Do Theatre
Patsy Rodenburg in one of her workshops on why she does theatre. Watch the whole thing. I’ve watched it before. It’s one of those things I go to when I need to remember why I want to do what I … Continue reading
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Charlie Chaplin: What Lasts Is the Ebullience
This article originally appeared on Capital New York, while “The Gold Rush” had a week-long run at the Film Forum. Charlie Chaplin, “The Gold Rush” All you feel while you’re acting is ebullience. You intellectualize when you go into the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cary Grant, Charlie Chaplin, comedy, Johnny Depp, silent films
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Elvy and Valty
Elvis Presley, Walter Matthau, Carolyn Jones, “King Creole” Walter Matthau in a BBC interview on working with Elvis Presley in the Michael Curtiz-directed King Creole (Curtiz famously had an incomprehensible Hungarian accent): I almost hesitate, I creep up to the … Continue reading