Great Newman story, as told by the man, himself, on Inside The
Actor's Studio:
Speaking of acting with Orson Welles in THE LONG, HOT, SUMMER, Newman
chuckled and said, (paraphrasing here) "Poor Orson, he came from the
theater and he looked around
the set and all he saw was us method actors and we're taking a long
time (gestures intense concentration, etc.) struggling and trying to
get into our characters. Finally, Orson says, "Jesus Christ, I feel
like I'm riding a tricycle in molasses!"
And as an aside, Inside The Actor's Studio is a show hosted by an
egomaniac punk named James Lipton who doesn't have the good sense to
interview some of the founding members of actual The Actor's Studio
such as Academy Award Nominee Kevin McCarthy (DEATH OF A SALESMAN 1951
(!) who is soon turning 95 in February, is still sharp and would make
a GREAT interview on the show. Nah, instead, as Kevin says, in a
very Newmanesque way, "Let me tell you about that guy, I know him, my
daughter went to that school...he's a star fucker!" But rest
assured, Lipton will go out of his way to have those scions of the
acting craft such as Teri Hatcher, Ray Romano and Adam Sandler on for
their striking insights into acting. I'll shut up now.
Btw, here's a great article from Esquire when Newman was 75.
http://www.esquire.com/features/graceful-exit-0500
Glad we had him,
Patrick
On Sep 27, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Toochis Morin wrote:
They both made more contributions to the world than their acting or
their beauty. They have helped so many people and causes. That is
the bigger loss. They have such rich hearts. Paul Newman will
live on in bigger ways than even he imagined.
Toochis
----- Original Message ----
From: Scott Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 9:30:52 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Paul Newman Dead
I happened to catch some news coverage of a charity event for HIV/
AIDS last
night where Elizabeth Taylor made a rare public appearance. I had
heard that
she hasn't been doing well, but the video was really shocking--she
looked so
frail, confined to a wheel-chair.
One of the reporters made the comment that this could very likely
be her
last public appearance. I began thinking about one of my favorite
Taylor
films, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," and how absolutely stunning she and
Paul
Newman looked in that film--both being at their peak in physical
beauty. A
real sadness came over me...cursing "the ravages of time," if
you'll pardon
the cliché.
Now I wake up on a Saturday morning and see that Paul Newman is gone.
Oh, the ravages of time....
Scott
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