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...recognized a lot? People used to recognize me as the guy from Scream. And then they'd scream at me. I was so happy the movie wasn't called Spit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A Jamie Kennedy | 2/20/2005 | See Source »

...into the hall. When they returned, the interrogator shed the top of her camouflage battle-dress uniform, revealing a tight Army T shirt. The prisoner looked away. She rubbed her breasts against his back, taunting him about his erection. She stood in front of him touching her breasts. He spit in her face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Impure Tactics | 2/13/2005 | See Source »

...hands in her pants, then withdrew a hand and showed the detainee what appeared to be blood on it. She asked again who had sent him to Arizona, and he glared at her silently. When she wiped the red ink on his face, he let out a shout, spit at her and lunged forward so forcefully that an ankle came loose from its shackle. The Saudi began sobbing uncontrollably, and the interrogator left, telling him the water in his cell had been shut off. He would not be able to wash, as Muslims are supposed to do before they pray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Impure Tactics | 2/13/2005 | See Source »

...fall with the musicality most actors adopt. Her tonal range was one of the narrowest in talking pictures, and that limited her emotional range. She rarely giggled or shrieked; her voice suggested that she was either disdainful or incapable of severe highs and lows. She wasn't one to spit out rapid-fire dialogue, a vocal reticence that would have limited her roles even in a color-blind Hollywood. Saucy comedy, of the sort Jean Harlow personified, was out, as was the scalding, wiseacre melodrama, Barbara Stanwyck-style. Wong could flash a regal hauteur and, when called for, that sensuality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Anna May Win | 2/3/2005 | See Source »

...that you can show it and cut all that descriptive dialogue and verse. What [director] Michael Radford did with the script was cut about a third without sacrificing the story line. As a result, the story plays much more dramatically. In the film, your character, Antonio, has to spit on Al Pacino's character, Shylock. What was that like? Actually, with the way movies are filmed now, I was spitting on an X-mark in one location and Al was being spit upon by someone else at a different location. The Merchant of Venice is often criticized for its portrayal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A Jeremy Irons | 1/2/2005 | See Source »

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