Great discussion of acting. Fosse said something similar: “Don’t try to be real, just tell the truth. Believe in this little black box. And most importantly — let them come to you.” —Bob Fosse
I work with younger dancers and a lot of times their idea is to slam the audience over the head with energy--the dancer version of "indicating". It's very compelling to watch performers who don't do that- they somehow have something internal going on.
Your anecdote about Jon Peters made me wonder if you saw Bradley Cooper's portrayal of Peters in the PTA film Licorice Pizza. It's an odd one --- not PTA's best, but certainly nothing putrid like One Battle. The Peters scenes seem to capture the insanity I had only read about, but maybe you'd know better from experience.
I had a strange reaction to that film. Half way through, I thought the story strained credulity and I wondered what made PTA dream up such a wacky plot. I paused to read up on it a little and found that it was only a marginally fictionalized version of a real Hollywood bit player.
haha, ive not seen it but i didnt get into the half of it. Peters knew i studied marital arts and he was studying with , I think, the Gracies...anyway, I had to wrestle him on his oriental carpet in the middle of the living room in front of the whole entourage: my Wm Morris agent, who had come along for some reason, and my manager etc etc etc.. AND I HAD TO GO EASY ON HIM....well, as you can well imagine. He was, finally, a pretty sad figure.....but also impossible to deal with.
Great discussion of acting. Fosse said something similar: “Don’t try to be real, just tell the truth. Believe in this little black box. And most importantly — let them come to you.” —Bob Fosse
I work with younger dancers and a lot of times their idea is to slam the audience over the head with energy--the dancer version of "indicating". It's very compelling to watch performers who don't do that- they somehow have something internal going on.
Your anecdote about Jon Peters made me wonder if you saw Bradley Cooper's portrayal of Peters in the PTA film Licorice Pizza. It's an odd one --- not PTA's best, but certainly nothing putrid like One Battle. The Peters scenes seem to capture the insanity I had only read about, but maybe you'd know better from experience.
I had a strange reaction to that film. Half way through, I thought the story strained credulity and I wondered what made PTA dream up such a wacky plot. I paused to read up on it a little and found that it was only a marginally fictionalized version of a real Hollywood bit player.
haha, ive not seen it but i didnt get into the half of it. Peters knew i studied marital arts and he was studying with , I think, the Gracies...anyway, I had to wrestle him on his oriental carpet in the middle of the living room in front of the whole entourage: my Wm Morris agent, who had come along for some reason, and my manager etc etc etc.. AND I HAD TO GO EASY ON HIM....well, as you can well imagine. He was, finally, a pretty sad figure.....but also impossible to deal with.