I can tell you one other story about Rent Control. The lead actress in the film, her name was Elizabeth Stack, and it turned out she was Robert Stack’s daughter.
BRENT SPINERI think honestly, believe it or not, that Dude, Where’s My Car? in a way represents its time better than almost any film made around that.
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That’s what kids were like then. So I really like the movie [Dude, Where’s My Car? ], I think it’s genuinely funny, and I wish I hadn’t been so arrogant about it. And, of course, I didn’t know it was going to be my best work, either.
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Most of the time, what I do, somewhere there is comedy in it.
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Voice acting is about the easiest thing to do. You roll out of bed, throw your clothes on that you had on the night before, you go into the studio, and nobody cares, just as long as you can speak.
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Bill Prady and Chuck Lorre, the guys who run that show [Big Bang Theory], are really funny and really smart, and the cast is fantastic to work with.
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That was a really interesting series [Threshold ] that I think would’ve been really great had it continued.
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I don’t think everybody wanted to be on [new Star Trek series] . I certainly didn’t.
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[The Aviator] came about through John Logan, who I’ve been friends with for many years.
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Im thinking of going into rehab. Im not addicted to anything, but I think its good way to jumpstart an acting career.
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[Independence Day] was a sweet, sweet job, because it was one of those big surprises.
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I mean, what a man. Someone who’s done Preston Sturges movies, and I actually got to work with him? And he was great.
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I assumed, “Well, I must’ve sounded like Conan O’Brien, or a reasonable facsimile or something.” And there I am in the movie [South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut ]. I was very lucky.
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We got to be really good friends [Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau]. It was just thrilling, every day. Every single day. I had a big couple of musical numbers in [Out to Sea], and I remember doing one of them and shooting it from beginning to end.
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It was a fabulous experience shooting [in the Aviator], working with Leo [DiCaprio] and Danny Huston in the scene. It was great. I think what was most eye-opening about it was that [Martin] Scorsese was just like any good director you work with.
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A job is a job. And I like to work.
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Any job you can go to and have a laugh everyday has got to be a good job.
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