What fascinated me mostly about Mickey Cohen was that he, in his later years, hired someone to help him to comprehend literature, to help him to read better, to understand words better.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always been interested in the gangster genre, so to play Mickey Cohen was a real thrill. It's always fun to do your take on someone so iconic.
He taught me literature, and he actually taught me how to read. He was my personal mentor.
My father loved biographies. He loved the true tales of interesting people that were shaping our culture. I get why he dug 'Vanity Fair.' You feel smarter, somehow, for reading it.
I read everything that Tolkien wrote, and also read biographies of him. I was fascinated by his experiences in World War I, which includes the loss of life of some of his very, very close friends. I think he writes about that a lot in 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings.'
He invented this idea of telling the life story of a great writer through becoming his characters and becoming him. It was such a pleasure and I thought we must find another writer.
He knew everything about literature except how to enjoy it.
I am a huge Leonard Cohen person.
Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film.
One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.
Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much.