lanovami This space for rent
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I want to dislike J Depp, cuz he is just too talented and handsome. But he is such a self-made man, and a family man with a very quiet demeanor off screen. You gotta respect that.
When I go home my sister made me watch those Grindhouse Tarantino/Rodriguez movies and I saw Kurt Russell in Death Proof. He was pretty memorable in that and still looks so damn young!
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lanovami This space for rent
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Had to look up how old Russell is, he was born in 1951. Also had to click the link to Escape from New York, the first movie I remember seeing him in (he will always be "Snake" to me). That movie (released 1981) is supposed to have taken place in 1997. New York has yet to become a walled off cesspool full of people who never get back out again - has it? (:
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You missed one great actor Humphrey Bogart. A wonderful actor especially in Casablanca and African Queen.He will always be remembered in his acting roles as a classic. J
No doubt, there are plenty of guys with chops but not the classic 'leading man' looks. Although I've long thought Hollywood tends to be lamentably conservative about their definitions of beauty anyway - both male and female.
Agreed that Depp has it all - a strong mix of looks, chops, and a refreshing ability to not be a public buffoon in his private life.
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Maybe it's because Depp is an introvert? I saw him doing an interview once and all of his mannerisms indicated that he is an introvert. He was very uncomfortable being himself unscripted.
That might well be true. For whatever reason, he is a very private man outside of the film world. Not unlike Paul Newman, or a handful of actors who just don't need to feed the Hollywood beast - nor their egos.
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Indeed, I would call Depp a textbook introvert. Yep Bogart is another great of course. I only knew Casablanca and the hard-boiled detective stuff (not that they aren't great) until I saw him in African Queen. He could do plain and sensitive too.
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newman ~ excellent example of a pretty boy + supremely talented actor [without malice] ++ supremely respectable private life +++ killer taste in women. only bogie and bacall can compare tp newman and woodward, and both ladies have all the +++'s of their husbands.
@lan ~ k russell lite and entertaining ~ captn ron or overboard. russell on my crush list ~ tombstone, also the thing. he and goldie belong on that +++ list, too.
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