My first Broadway show was with Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton. Maureen Stapleton, a legend in the theatre; Elizabeth Taylor, a legend, period.
From Dennis Christopher
I've done a lot of things with theater that I'm very, very proud of.
'Breaking Away' was a great experience. It's the kind of movie that engenders a lot of goodwill from people.
I had a handle on satisfaction, and I loved my career, but I didn't really know what happiness was. So I started on this quest to have a happy life.
A script arrived, and on the front cover - scrawled really big, as if it were a book report - is 'Django Unchained, written by Quentin Tarantino.' And I thought, 'Well, no art department came up with this; this is Quentin's writing.'
I've had a 'Zelig'-like career. I pop up unexpectedly. I'm always kind of around.
It would be a dream come true to appear on Turner Classic Movies with Robert Osborne, who is one of my heroes.
I guess once you've seen Uma Thurman beaten up endlessly in the 'Kill Bill' movies, you think, 'If Uma can take it, what's the matter with me?'
Character actors have a long shelf life.
The cult of celebrity turned me off, and when the opportunities came along for me to play different characters, that's what I went for rather than the safe choices.
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