On Sleeping in Gene Kelly’s Pajamas (Quote of the Day)
This entry is part 6 of 24 in the series Quote of the Day.“A ritual developed at the end of each evening. They [pianist/playwright Dick Dwenger and Gene Kelly] would escort me to my door and I’d say, ‘Thank you. No, I’ll walk you to your hotel, and you can walk me back. I promise I’ll go in and go to bed then.’ And we usually did just that. But when I was alone with Gene I’d leave out the promise and manage to prolong it to another round trip. And toward the end of the summer, when it was almost dawn and we’d done the back and forth of the five...
Read MoreJane Lynch Zings the Cast of Entourage (Quote of the Day)
This entry is part 5 of 24 in the series Quote of the Day. “You know, a lot of people wonder why I am a lesbian… Ladies and gentlemen, the cast of Entourage.” – Jane Lynch, 2011 Emmy...
Read MoreBrad Pitt Finds His Juice in Se7en (Quote of the Day)
“I had no juice on Legends of the Fall (1994). But I had juice on Se7en (1995). With Se7en, I said, ‘I will do it on one condition — the head stays in the box. Put in the contract that the head stays in the box.’ Actually there was a second thing, too: ‘He’s got to shoot the killer in the end. He doesn’t do the ‘right’ thing, he does the thing of passion.’ Those two things are in the contract. Cut to: Se7en has been put together, and they’ve tested it. They go, ‘You know, he would be much more heroic if he didn’t...
Read MorePoitier on Steiger, Method Actor (Quote of the Day)
This entry is part 4 of 24 in the series Quote of the Day. “During fifty years in Hollywood, trying to learn how to portray life on the screen, I just may have learned a little about life. If that’s in fact the case, I must give credit to some excellent teachers and some extraordinary fellow students. As for the craft itself, I’ve never worked with a good actor from whom I didn’t learn something useful. During the filming of In the Heat of the Night (1957), Rod Steiger‘s work was a constant reminder of how lucky I was that I had found my way to two of the...
Read MoreJon Stewart on Vacation (Quote of the Day)
This entry is part 3 of 24 in the series Quote of the Day. “When I go away on vacation I won’t look at the computer – I’m out. It’s like oxygen suddenly returns to your blood – it’s awesome.” – Jon Stewart, Rolling Stone (September...
Read MoreBogie and Bacall: The Headiest Romance Imaginable (Quote of the Day)
This entry is part 2 of 24 in the series Quote of the Day. “The pictures I have in my head from those early years are very clear to me: running down Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills, arms held wide, green three-quarters coat flying, toward Bogie waiting for me on the corner with James Gleason at four in the morning; Bogie walking up Highway 101 in espadrilles, huge sunflower in jacket lapel at six in the morning as I found him in my 1940 Plymouth — the headiest romance imaginable. The varied photos taken on the set of To Have and Have Not (image above) and The Big Sleep on the...
Read MoreNicholson, Sans Sunglasses (Quote of the Day)
This entry is part 1 of 24 in the series Quote of the Day. “With my sunglasses on, I’m Jack Nicholson. Without them, I’m fat and seventy.” – Jack...
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