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Category Archives: Actors
Marilyn Monroe: “I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve!”
On August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her house, at the age of 36. Objectified while alive, Marilyn Monroe has become the ultimate object in death. The image has become the reality … the multitudinous icons and … Continue reading
Chronological Jack: Too Soon to Love (1960); Dir. Richard Rush
This is what happens when you let your teenage daughter go to the drive-in movies on a school night. Even if she is a good girl (and boy oh boy is this girl good), she will end up consorting with … Continue reading
Chronological Jack: The Terror (1963); Dir. Roger Corman
One random sunny day along the coast of ….. France, Lieutenant Andre Duvalier (Jack Nicholson), separated from his regiment in Napoleon’s army, encounters a beautiful woman, who leads him on a mysterious chase through a forest, across a field, up … Continue reading
The Acting In Inception: Tom Hardy
“Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something. They are not just talking. They are alive; going through a drama in which they will go through some sort of dramatic human experience. Keywords: Alive and Experience. It is … Continue reading
The Acting In Inception: Ellen Page
Ellen Page plays Ariadne in Inception, a young architectural student brought into the project to be an architect of dreams. This is the definition of a thankless role. Her job is to ask questions of Cobb, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, … Continue reading
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The Acting In Inception: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
(500) Days of Summer was one of my favorite films last year, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt was one of the reasons why. I wasn’t a 3rd Rock From the Sun fan, so I had no preconceived notions of him going in, … Continue reading
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The Acting In Inception: Leonardo DiCaprio
While his performance here could be transferred, almost without an edit, into the recent Shutter Island (it’s unfortunate timing, basically), his work continues to surprise and fascinate me. I’ve been a fan for a long time, but back in the … Continue reading
Mary Astor Mary Astor
The Siren has a really interesting interview up with Marylyn Roh about her mother, Mary Astor. And here’s a part 2, of sorts. The anecdotes about John Barrymore (there are several) were very moving to me: his seriousness about acting, … Continue reading
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“People ask me why I became an actor, and the truth is that once you get cut from the baseball team you need another angle to get women to pay attention.”
Great interview with Emmy-nominated cousin Mike in the Boston Globe. I particularly like two things: 1. Ryan Murphy, producer and co-creator of Glee, who also wrote a part for Mike in the upcoming Eat, Pray, Love, saying: “I will always … Continue reading
That Glowing Glass Of Milk
Richard Schickel: What is significant about Suspicion is that, for the first time, one really feels the dangerousness of a charm as seductive as [Cary] Grant’s. It was perhaps hinted at in Sylvia Scarlett, but the world of that film … Continue reading