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la_samtyrI've been trying to find this quote for a *long* time and hopefully someone can help me find it.
I'm not sure who said this but I'm thinking it was an actor who worked with JD on one of his films. The gist of it was this: JD made everyone else try that much harder, he challenged them as actors. When he died, Brando and a lot of his contemporaries weren't *quite* as good as they had been, they were still good but they had an element of laziness in their work because they knew there was no one to challenge them anymore.
And I see Heath in the same way: He was a challenger (for lack of a better term.) He made everyone around him elevate their game, kept them on their toes and wouldn't let them be lazy. Just that grin, and a wink and a nod that said "ok, let's rock and roll, come on now" but deep down you knew he meant it, he wasn't kidding around but it wasn't mean-spirited, it was that he seemed to know just what his colleagues were capable of and he wanted to see them get there.
Ok, I'm probably being stupid again -- my apolgies.
I'm not sure who said this but I'm thinking it was an actor who worked with JD on one of his films. The gist of it was this: JD made everyone else try that much harder, he challenged them as actors. When he died, Brando and a lot of his contemporaries weren't *quite* as good as they had been, they were still good but they had an element of laziness in their work because they knew there was no one to challenge them anymore.
And I see Heath in the same way: He was a challenger (for lack of a better term.) He made everyone around him elevate their game, kept them on their toes and wouldn't let them be lazy. Just that grin, and a wink and a nod that said "ok, let's rock and roll, come on now" but deep down you knew he meant it, he wasn't kidding around but it wasn't mean-spirited, it was that he seemed to know just what his colleagues were capable of and he wanted to see them get there.
Ok, I'm probably being stupid again -- my apolgies.
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Date: 2008-07-25 07:07 pm (UTC)Have you read how he sort of took over the set of Dr. Ignoramus? You know? I think he did galvanize and inspire people. And don't hate me for saying this but I believe one of the reasons why Jake kicked so much ass as Jack Twist was b/c he was playing off of HEATH. You know? If that makes sense.
Lovely comparison of H and JD. Yeah....
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Date: 2008-07-25 08:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-26 03:06 am (UTC)