Word: monkeying
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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FERTILE MINDS Turning conventional thinking on its head, scientists have shown that new brain cells continue to be generated in the cerebral cortex of an adult brain. Alas, the adult was a macaque monkey. Still, the finding marks the first time that new neurons--thousands of them a day--have been seen in the cerebral cortex, the most advanced region of the brain, responsible for reasoning, decision making and memory. The implication: if brain cells grow as we age, the discovery may one day lead to treatments for degenerative brain disorders like Alzheimer's disease...
...this is the favorite movie I have ever done. The reason I liked it so much is that I tried to get as much food as I could before lunch so that during lunch I could have the animal trainers come and lock me in my trailer with the monkeys. The trailer is very small - this is a lower budget film - so the chimps would just run around off the walls. It was really, really fun; my trailer became a monkey-tossing petting zoo. I'd much rather be hanging out with chimps than being here right...
...remember thanking Charlie and Spike because I got to do a scene where I was sitting on a couch in a hovel with a monkey telling the monkey that I was an unappreciated artist. I did that looking straight into the monkey's eyes. All I could think was, "My god - this is as good as it gets. There's nothing that can compare to this...
...Still, even though it's an amazing experience I'll never forget, there's also something very disturbing about these creatures who are caged and used for our purposes. It upset me a great deal. I do not suggest anyone go out and buy a monkey...
...offbeat director of Spanking the Monkey and Flirting With Disaster talks about life, making movies and Ice Cube's eating habits