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Clooney always plays the same character, whether in his movies or in the weekly episodes of "ER." He is a macho guy, attractive, self-confident, somewhat crude, gruff on the outside, moderately warm inside. And, according to Richmond, Clooney can get away with the monotony because "there is something reassuring about George's unspectacular but classic character in an age when the screen is increasingly peopled by young guys...who haven't lived--not really lived--more than a day and a half their whole lives and are therefore about as inherently interesting as garden slugs." Which means, to take...
...addressing his men before Agincourt, Henry V said, "And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...
...basic premise of the movie relies on Mr. Bean having a job and the concomitant responsibilities--things he never had to deal with before. He is a ne'er-do-well employee of London's National Art Gallery whose job security is insured by having endeared himself to the Chair of the Board. In order to get rid of Bean, the other board members vote to send him to America, passing him off as the art expert who will accompany the masterpiece "Whistler's Mother" to a museum in Los Angeles which has just purchased it. The curator...
According to Albert Gold, associate dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, a student from anoth- er school who was studying roughly 10 feet away in the library heard Ge open a window. The witness returned to his studies, heard a noise and, upon looking up, noticed the student had disappeared...
...when the selling persisted, I would get a cheerless call from John, my brokerage group's margin clerk. He would say, "Your client has until 2 p.m. to get enough money on to meet his margin call before we sell him out." I would then call the ne'er-do-well and urge him to send any collateral he had. Sometimes he sent stocks, and I would cashier them pronto. I wasn't looking for the best price. I wasn't even working for the client. I was working for my firm, which wanted the cash. Other times, I just...