Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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At one point I was a little worried about having my main character, Sherman McCoy, losing $6 million for his firm in about 15 minutes. I thought, "Well, this is fiction. I'll go ahead and do it." My typewriter had hardly stopped moving before I picked up the New...
What they are really saying is that I have violated a certain etiquette in literary circles that says you shouldn't be altogether frank about these matters of ethnic and racial hostility. But if you raise the issue, a certain formula is to be followed: you must introduce a character...
Q. What would you say about a character who wears a handsomely cut vanilla- colored suit on a winter day in New York, with a lilac tie and matching striped shirt with a collar seven stripes high, and shoes custom-designed to appear to have white spats?
"I'd take a semester off if an amazing part came along that I couldn't pass up," says Salenger, who won the 1984 Youth in Films award for Best Actress for her role as the title character in The Journey of Natty Gann.
"I'd like to keep playing diverse roles with depth," Salenger says. "I like playing strong-willed characters that go through a metamorphosis, like my character in The Kiss."