Word: actorly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thanking the fates for treating him so well. "So many things in my life, I look at them and see a pattern," he says. "I was born on Halloween--a day when people put on costumes and pretend to be other people. What a perfect day for an actor to be born!" And Kiss Me, Kate is a perfect way for us to celebrate...
After his stroke in 1996, KIRK DOUGLAS figured his acting career was over. "I thought unless silent films come back, I won't be in movies again," the 83-year-old actor says. Next month he will appear in the new film Diamonds. "Originally, my character suffered from Alzheimer's," he reports, "but I made some suggestions, and now I play a man recovering from a stroke." Douglas' influence also extended to casting: "I told Lauren Bacall there was a perfect part for her," he recalls. "When I said she'd play the madam of a whorehouse, she uttered some...
...eight out of his ten films, Jordan deadpans, "Well, I owe him an awful lot of money from a bet years ago." When pressed on why Rea was right for the part of Henry, the film's jilted husband, Jordan replies, "I needed a strong and incredibly subtle actor for that. It's not an attractive part--men don't like to play a man who can't give his wife an orgasm. I wanted him to emerge with a dignity that is surprising." His instincts were right: the quiet pain and pride of Rea's performance...
...remains self-effacing about his work, an of course, his Oscar. "Nobody knows who got the Oscar for best script. It's the consolation prize, isn't it? It's the one, they should've given it best picture-'Oh, we'll give him best screenplay.' They remember best actor, don't they, and best picture, that's it. [pauses] They definitely don't remember screenplay...
...players vented their frustrations, joys and feelings to one other and the audience. They emerge from a cocoon of joyful noise as characters and personalities--the joker, the bully, the runt--whose only means of expression is the fervent beat of a drum. Each member was as good an actor and dancer as percussionist. As a result, it is difficult to name the "star" of the show. The physically intimidating Shaka Opare bullies the meeker--but hilarious--Taro Alexander, while tough John Sawicki challenges Opare in a series of beat-battle-royales. The intense competition between the performers is guaranteed...