Word: career
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Running endless engaging variations on this character has given the actor a "nice, comfortable career in cinema." It has also teased audiences into believing the Marcello males are transparent masks for Mastroianni the man. The actor will oblige this pretense. "Basically," he says in a melodic baritone slightly rasped by his three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, "there is always yourself. On yourself you build. First the foundation, then the floors. So what I try to do is to offer myself undressed, without any covering. And in a naive way, as if it was the first time. Forget that...
...Mastroianni attained Italian film stardom as the wistful suitor in Visconti's White Nights, and in 1959 Fellini made him an international icon by casting him in La Dolce Vita. Mastroianni compares these two men, who were crucial to his career: "Visconti was the teacher. Severe, but we like him. Fellini is your benchmate, the one you sit next to and make jokes. With Fellini, always we make it a joke. The more serious the film, the more we laugh. We don't say, 'Oh, maestro, how beautiful is this thing you are creating!' We think this...
...joys of creation and camaraderie are essential to Mastroianni's career. "When I make films, I am absolutely happy," he says with a grin. "That's why I make so many films. This is a most beautiful thing, to be with 60, 70 people on a set and to make stories. It helps me to act. I work seriously but never take myself seriously. I want to enjoy myself -- really enjoy -- like a child. Because all actors are children. If it is a limit that an actor is still a child, it is also a miracle. And when the film...
...women are unhappier," says Maynard, "it is partly because they are trying to pull off something that can't be pulled off, except on Thursday nights in The Cosby Show. Women have been told they can have -- even ought to have -- husband, children and career, all perfectly managed. It is a lie." Through her column, Maynard has conducted a survey of her own on extramarital affairs. Of 900 replies, 800 were from women who had been unfaithful. Observes Maynard: "They feel, 'I give all day long; I want to do something...
Morris, a Minnesota native and 11-0 in his career against the Twins in the Twin Cities, allowed a two-run double to Laudner in a three-run second inning and a two-run single to Gladden in the fourth. The runs all were scored with...