With all due respect to Dustin Hoffman: I think he takes unseemly delight in using the phrase "bent penis" during an interview that was intended for boadcast TV in 1997. But what the hell: He's talkin' 'bout Wag the Dog, and he's funny. On the other hand: No, I do not believe he wasn't channeling Robert Evans in his performance.
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Showing posts with label Dustin Hoffman. Show all posts
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Blast from the past: Dustin Hoffman talks about Wag the Dog
With all due respect to Dustin Hoffman: I think he takes unseemly delight in using the phrase "bent penis" during an interview that was intended for boadcast TV in 1997. But what the hell: He's talkin' 'bout Wag the Dog, and he's funny. On the other hand: No, I do not believe he wasn't channeling Robert Evans in his performance.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Success is only 10,000 hours away
Rachel Abramowitz of the L.A. Times spins a fascinating story about Malcolm Gladwell's best-selling Outliers: The Story of Success and the fascination it holds for folks in the film industry. Highlights include revealing quotes from Dustin Hoffman, who waxes autobiographical (and, at the very end, ruefully philosophical) in his comments regarding Gladwell's provocative "10,000 hours" theory.
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