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...line had had a long setup. Ever since getting custody of the Comedy Store in 1974, Mitzi Shore had stuck to her policy against paying the comedians who put customers in the seats. In this she was no different from her counterparts in New York, Budd Friedman and Rick Newman. They regarded their establishments not as ordinary nightclubs but as workshops, where comedians could try out new material, hone their acts, and be seen by people in the industry. The comics were getting as much out of the clubs as the clubs were getting out of them; besides, the owners...
...were beautiful people mixing with others of equal allure. Their job was to sell romance. In what other job did going to work mean kissing? And there was no one to toss a bucket of cold water on their latest mad pash. A few Hollywood couples stayed hitched--Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, 50 years and counting--but such exemplary marriages had less entertainment value than the connubial career of, say, Elizabeth Taylor, eight times wed and divorced, including two volatile turns with Richard Burton. The melodrama of the actress's life equaled anything she endured onscreen...
...model this performance after any specific performances in film? I know it's been compared - even you, have spoken in reference to The Verdict and Paul Newman...
...although I'm sure I've ripped every single guy like that, off. I've certainly ripped off Paul Newman three or four times, [though] not as well. Watch him at the end of the monologue in that film, where he's talking to the jury. Actors usually load up for a monologue. He finishes it and he starts to talk again, and then he walks away. To me, it's one of the great performances in any film, ever...
...luck, in interviews, I recall when you were honored with the American Cinamatheque award - you said John Wells who was sitting in the audience gave you a chance in ER, which had a great time slot, following Seinfeld. Otherwise who knows where you'd be. I know Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood often speak about the element of luck in this business, but surely it's not just luck...