Re: BSG "Saul Tigh" ... smiling, glad-handing politician?!!?!

Scríobh "Victor Velazquez" <k-canute@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
>Jack Bohn wrote:
>> Ken from Chicago wrote:
>
>>> P.S. "ACTING!"--Jon Lovitz, 'Master Thespian', SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.
>>
>>
>> (I wonder if the Lovitz "ACTING" schtick is based on the story
>> about Laurence Olivier and Dustin Hoffman.  Dustin, a method
>> actor, was almost literally beating himself up getting into
>> character.  Olivier, looking at him, said, "My boy, have you ever
>> thought of 'acting'?")
>
>I do believe you'e right (and I can't believe it's never occurred to me).

>I've heard the story thusly: Olivier comments on how ****y Hoffman
looks. 
>Hoffman responds that since his character has been up all night, he has
too. 
>Olivier quips, "My dear boy, that's why they call it ACTING."
>
>Even if it never happened, it seems famous enough for Mr. Lovitz to have 
>heard it. 

In the version I heard, , Hoffman went on a weekend bender before
playing the toothpulling and escape scenes, and when he explained his
method Olivier's response was 'My dear boy, why don't you just act?'