Meryl…
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disturbedtool68 — 18 years ago(September 06, 2007 05:38 PM)
"When I pass away, and I'm dead and gone, I want people to speak the truth about me. I was an irritating loud-mouth who achieved nothing with his life and helped nobody. Just once I'd like to hear or see something like that said about someone dead. Just once "
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mihajlo321 — 18 years ago(February 16, 2008 08:24 AM)
Nikola Tesla about Thomas Edison:
He had no hobby, cared for no sort of amusement of any kind and lived in utter disregard of the most elementary rules of hygiene His method was inefficient in the extreme, for an immense ground had to be covered to get anything at all unless blind chance intervened and, at first, I was almost a sorry witness of his doings, knowing that just a little theory and calculation would have saved him 90 per cent of the labor. But he had a veritable contempt for book learning and mathematical knowledge, trusting himself entirely to his inventor's instinct and practical American sense. "
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mikefedyo — 13 years ago(April 20, 2012 09:37 PM)
Yeah but thats all beep when your talking about John Cazale..
If you watch the HBO documentary about him.. Its coming from literally some of the absolute gods of acting..
He was truly respected even when he was a live.
John Cazale wasent just some character actor.. Or a random supporting b68act.
He was one of the greatest actors of that generation.. If he had not died.. And or was still alive today, he would be getting the same praise no doubt.
Just watch the movies for yourself.. I have never ever seen someone put so much dedication and great acting into a supporting role like that.
Just watch the scene where Fredo and Michael are talking at the Tahoe compound.. Where fredo is on the chair arguing with Michael about being stepped over.. Its an absolutely amazing performance..
And his entire role in Dog Day Afternoon. He played it perfectly.. I cant see anyone else doing what he did in that role. You really felt for him. And even without saying much in that movie.. You could always see the EXTREME emotion pouring from his character without even opening his mouth.
John Cazale is not getting praise just because he died.. He is getting praised because he was one of the greatest actors of that generation and ever. -
woloff — 15 years ago(October 26, 2010 09:54 PM)
I saw a documentary about John yesterday, and Meryl gave all the credit to deNiro, he wanted John in the movie. She actually used the line "deNiro paid for him".
Edit: In a forum post at deNiros page I saw a comment that he paid the insurance bond for John. -
moonchildiva — 19 years ago(February 28, 2007 05:50 AM)
This story about Meryl threatening to quit the film if Cazale didn't keep his role in Deer Hunter seems untrue. She was what Hollywood would call "a nobody" at the time, why would they care if she quit? I think she's the worst part of Deer Hunter. They should have let her quit.
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moonchildiva — 19 years ago(March 09, 2007 11:07 AM)
nobody TO ME, and especially not that great at ACTING. It's beyond me, the things people say about her. She nearly ruined The Deer Hunter, anyone would have been better, AND she was AWFUL in Sophie's Choice. So whatever, the world loves mediocrity, they get it in her work. They should have let her quit, he was GREAT, what is she? Hollywood's a big joke nowadays, it's HARD to find ONE good actor. And Meryl is terrible at accents, btw. She might sound good to anyone who never heard any accents.
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moonchildiva — 19 years ago(March 27, 2007 06:18 AM)
I honestly and sincerely think they ARE off the wall. Even Clark Gable refused to do an accent in Gone with the Wind I'm just absolutely stunned by the fact that many actors say she is their favorite, even in the soap mag when they have the interview at the end. We've gotten to the point where we just say "GUESS who their favorite actor is?" and we all shake our heads. We don't see it. Sorry to all the Meryl fans. But anyway, this is Cazale's forum. Saw Dog Day Afternoon last week on TV - those two guys are such a blast in that movie, Pacino & Cazale. A great team, I wonder what else they could have done. It would have been a treat for us.
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moviegirl1972 — 18 years ago(June 22, 2007 07:32 PM)
moonchildiva-
you are an idiot. Meryl Streep is one of, if not, the best actress of her generation and her accents are flawless. Granted she was just starting out when she made The Deer Hunter, but she was great in that movie. And Sophie's Ch5b4oice is considered one of the greatest performances by an actress of any generation. You sound like a bitter old hag -
moonchildiva — 18 years ago(June 25, 2007 10:40 AM)
Yeah, whatever, as I've said before, take your butt over to the streep forum and kiss HER butt there. This is the Cazale board. Are you afraid to have your own opinion of great acting, but prefer to follow the crowd? Go for it. That chick cannot act her way out of a paper bag.
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simplystreeptacular — 17 years ago(January 31, 2009 09:32 PM)
And what, pray tell, do you know about acting? Have you ever had any formal training whatsoever? Or are you just jealous because she's prettier at fifty-nine than I presume you ever will be with a thousand times the talent? You must be compensating for
something
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Here are the facts as I know them.- Meryl was engaged to him right up until the day he died. They never broke it off.
- She did threaten to quit. Even at that age she'd already won a Tony award and was Yale Drama School's brightest young star, and the filmmakers knew it.
- She met Don Gummer just weeks after John died. They were married that September. I do believe she has always loved John it seems to be a very painful subject for her to talk about but she needed someone, and along the way, she and Don fell in love, and after thirty years they're still married.
"The Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role goes to Meryl Streep!" ~Oscars '09
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simplystreeptacular — 17 years ago(February 02, 2009 01:08 PM)
Can I act better than Meryl? Of course not. That, at my school, would be sacrilege.
But yes, I can act. I can act7ec quite well, thank you very much. When the best high school theatre department in the state is nudging you to go to college to study acting, you have to have SOME talent. Honestly, I'm a much better director than I am an actress. But I spent three years studying seriously seriously enough that, had I gone to college for acting, I could have skipped the intro course and possibly the next level up as well.
Does that answer your question?
"The Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role goes to Meryl Streep!" ~Oscars '09
ETA: I AM SO SORRY. I thought you had replied to me
However, I'm going to leave this up here in case anyone else wants to take potshots at my credibility. -
davidlevy-749-793899 — 12 years ago(August 23, 2013 04:52 PM)
Now your just writing to see your own words what your saying is utterly ridiculous. If you don't like her for whatever reason fine but don't be ignorant for the sake of argument. You sound very bitter also I think maybe your letting your emotions get the best of you.
No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride.