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I had no idea I was part of what was going to be a big mega-hit. I thought I was doing a B sci-fi movie [Independence Day].

Brent Spiner

I got Greg Aronowitz, who does [ Felicia Day] sets, to do mine as well, and he’s just amazing. He can work miracles with nothing.
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Country Mine Miracle Wells
And I’m telling you, there is a movie waiting to be made about the making of a movie like that, particularly at that time in New York. I mean, we shot all over the streets of New York without permits.
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Country Made Movie People Permits
The only problem with that – and she was lovely – was that she was basically hired because [Gian Luigi Polidoro] thought she was [film producer] Ray Stark’s daughter. And he figured that if he ran out of money, her father would kick in some more.
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Basically Figured Lovely Producer Thing
There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they where working in show business.
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Numbers People Wish
Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world
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Country Fictional People Real World
I went to New York out of college, and in my day, we were told that was the way you became a good actor. You don’t go to Hollywood, you go straight to New York and work in the theater. So that’s what most of the people I knew did.
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College Country People
Of those, the only one that really stands out for me is Tales From The Darkside, for a couple of reasons, one in particular being who I got to work with on it, which was Eddie Bracken.
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Couple Mean Men
In my heart, I’ve never left Brazil.
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Country Heart People
There’s such a grand fraternity of actors who’ve played the Joker, not the least of whom is Mark Hamill, who voiced it for so long and was so great. I did it one time and…
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Actors Long People
And I was, like, “Oh, my God, I can’t believe I’m performing a musical number in front of Donald O’Connor,” who’s one of the greats of the silver screen. But it was a thrilling experience, it really was.
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Experience Lie Musical Number Really
[ Felicia Day] is really figured it all out, and it was impressive. It was nothing like our set, because her set was like working on a real film.
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Film Impressive Real
The Dain Curse [Tom Fink] was a great job. I was in New York, and I was young – I think I’m 28 years old in that – and I got to work with James Coburn and Jean Simmons and Jason Miller. Plus, it was a Dashiell Hammett story, and I had a great character. It was fantastic to shoot.
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Character Country Jobs
Martha Coolidge directed the movie [Introducing Dorothy Dandridge], giving me another shot, and it was an amazing experience.
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Amazing Directed Experience Introducing
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.
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Daughter Father Names
Timing is everything, as you know.
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Everything Knows Timing
Any job you can go to and have a laugh everyday has got to be a good job.
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Everyday Jobs Laughing

I had no idea I was part of what was going to be a big mega-hit. I thought I was doing a B sci-fi movie [Independence Day].

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