Truman Capote was a pop figure, but it wasn't until he went on David Susskind's show and had that extraordinary voice and manner that everyone could imitate, that he really took off as a figure.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Truman Capote was a magical, beautiful writer.
My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.
Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously.
Truman Capote is really an interesting cat.
When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star.
Think of Frank Capra and Preston Sturges. They used the same actors over and over again.
I grew up with the great Sir Laurence Olivier, and I think it's fair to say that a lot of actors of my age were influenced by his very individual vocal delivery. He was a showman who would always play to the gallery.
I'm a huge fan of Jack Lemmon, he was someone who managed to tread that line between comedy and tragedy and sometimes give very big performances, but they were never over-demonstrative and they were never not based on a kind of real truthful human being.
I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.
Without mincing words or really embellishing anything... I consider Mike Alsbury the renaissance man. He could do it all. He was an engineer. He was a pilot. He worked well with others. He had a great sense of humor. I never heard him raise his voice or lose his cool.