And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Pacino said something similar. An interviewer asked him why he agreed to star in some stinker, perhaps "Author Author" and he said, "It paid for the beach house in Malibu."
Ricardo Montalban was reported to take any movie script offered. He always came to mind as I read Atlas Shrugged. Would have been perfect for the part of D'Anconia.
I've adored Michael Caine from Zulu through Second Hand Lions and beyond.
ReplyDeleteOn the set of Bullseye!, a thoroughly forgettable piece of cinematic crap from 1990.
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Michael Caine was once asked why he made so many cheesy movies (ala: Mr. Destiny). His response: I have a wine cellar to maintain.
ReplyDeletePacino said something similar. An interviewer asked him why he agreed to star in some stinker, perhaps "Author Author" and he said, "It paid for the beach house in Malibu."
DeleteLock up your daughters when these guys are in town.
ReplyDeleteRicardo Montalban was reported to take any movie script offered. He always came to mind as I read Atlas Shrugged. Would have been perfect for the part of D'Anconia.
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