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Despite his tempered disdain for movies, Scott is devoted to acting???in any medium. And like many who excel at what they do and are aware of their excellence, Scott sometimes speaks offhandedly of his art. Still, his comments add up to a valuable handbook for actors (see box, page 66). No matter what part he plays, Scott surrounds himself completely with the assignment. "If you get enough around you, like a cloud," he says, "some of it's got to rain through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: George C. Scott: Tempering a Terrible Fire | 3/22/1971 | See Source »

...fact, Podgorny's visit was almost certainly more of a political reconnaissance than a mission of condolence; it was a classic essay in the kind of duplex diplomacy at which the Russians are masters: talking on one level while acting???or failing to act?on another. Despite the noise and despite even the MIGS, the Russians were obviously playing for time. As evidenced at Holly Bush, Kosygin's visit to the U.S. was also at once a holding action and a salvage operation. Longer-range Russian tactics remained unclear?probably to the Russians themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: Summit in Smalltown | 6/30/1967 | See Source »

...romantic conception of acting???but then Vanessa is above all a romantic. "She is one of the great romantics of our generation," says her estranged husband, Director Tony Richardson (Tom Jones). "Anything and everything can be romantic to Vanessa. She can believe in everything." Says Director Lumet: "She just plunges off the diving board without bothering to check if there's water in the pool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Actresses: Birds of a Father | 3/17/1967 | See Source »

Like Actor Cagney's previous impersonations, this one has a quality of effortless authenticity. It is not exactly acting??? no one could be taught to say "bhointt up" as Cagney says it without being raised in sight of Brooklyn Bridge?but it is funny. Warner Brothers may have underpaid Actor Cagney but they have always given him good dialog. His comment after listening to a piano recital: "That guy has a great left 'hand." After bickering for two months (TIME, May 9) about his $1.600 weekly salary which he considered outrageously low, Cinemactor Cagney was last fortnight said to have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: State of the Industry | 6/27/1932 | See Source »

Best female acting???Norma Shearer (Divorcee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joy v. Monopoly | 11/17/1930 | See Source »

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