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“By the time I got the role in Taxi Driver, I’d already made more stuff than De Niro or Martin Scorsese. I’d been working from the time I was three years old. So even though I was only twelve, I felt like I was the veteran there. De Niro took me aside before we started filming. He kept picking me up from my hotel and taking me to different diners. The first time he basically didn’t say anything. He would just, like, mumble. The second time he started to run lines with me, which was pretty boring because I already knew the lines. The third time, he ran lines with me again and now I was really bored. The fourth time, he ran lines with me, but then he started going off on these completely different ideas within the scene, talking about crazy things and asking me to follow in terms of improvisation. So we’d start with the original script and then he’d go off on some tangent and I’d have to follow, and then it was my job to eventually find the space to bring him back to the last three lines of the text we’d already learned. It was a huge revelation for me, because until that moment I thought being an actor was just acting naturally and saying the lines someone else wrote. Nobody had ever asked me to build a character. The only thing they’d ever done to direct me was to say something like “Say it faster” or “Say it slower.” So it was a whole new feeling for me, because I realized acting was not a dumb job. You know, I thought it was a dumb job. Somebody else writes something and then you repeat it. Like, how dumb is that?

There was this moment, in some diner somewhere, when I realized for the first time that it was me who hadn’t brought enough to the table. And I felt this excitement where you’re all sweaty and you can’t eat and you can’t sleep.

Changed my life.” - Jodie Foster on working with Robert De Niro on Taxi driver, who was then 14, De Niro was aged 33 [x]

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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:49:41 -0500

minimalmovieposters: The Shining by Luke Noothout

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:49:09 -0500

minimalmovieposters:

The Shining by Luke Noothout

vulveetparachute: Reservoir dogs

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:47:18 -0500

vulveetparachute:

Reservoir dogs

Marilyn performing “My Heart Belongs To Daddy” in Let’s Make...

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:15:28 -0500

Marilyn performing “My Heart Belongs To Daddy” in Let’s Make Love, 1960.

atavus: Ed Feingersh - Marilyn, 1955

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:14:01 -0500

atavus:

Ed Feingersh - Marilyn, 1955

georgetakei: Brief Predictions.

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:12:30 -0500

georgetakei:

Brief Predictions.

georgetakei: Sorry, friends, just figuring out this Tumblr...

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:11:47 -0500

georgetakei:

Sorry, friends, just figuring out this Tumblr “game” we’re playing. Many people asked me to enable “asks”. I think that Brad has helped me fix the problem, but let me know if us two old farts have messed something up.

In other news, say it out loud, laugh, repeat, repin.

*Updated Old Fart Alert - Fans have alerted me that the term is “reblog” on here. I’ll get it… eventually.

georgetakei: This whole “gif” notion is a very interesting...

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:10:07 -0500

georgetakei:

This whole “gif” notion is a very interesting aspect of Tumblr. I especially like this .gif that I found of one of the original comic geniuses, Mr. Charlie Chaplin.

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Fri, 02 Nov 2012 07:48:57 -0400

whitetrashrepairs: El-Pool Party (click the photo for more...

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 07:45:54 -0400

whitetrashrepairs:

El-Pool Party

(click the photo for more funny Redneck, hillbilly Repairs)

Hahaha

desertmotors: Chevrolet El Camino I can feel her getting...

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 07:44:55 -0400

desertmotors:

Chevrolet El Camino

I can feel her getting closer!

Sexay Cammy! #78camaro #camaro

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:30:22 -0400

Sexay Cammy! #78camaro #camaro

Ooohhh sooo sexy #79camaro #camaro

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:29:06 -0400

Ooohhh sooo sexy #79camaro #camaro

missxsometimes: Want. :] baller!

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 09:33:36 -0400

missxsometimes:

Want.

:] baller!

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