How did I miss this story last week?!? How come you didn’t tell me??! Randy Quaid is banned from Actor’s Equity for gettin’ all crazy during a show in Seattle last fall? All 26 people in the cast said that he physically and verbally abused them? What? The best part of the whole story is his response to the whole thing:
“I am guilty of only one thing: Giving a performance that elicited a response so deeply felt by the actors and producers with little experience of my creative process that they actually think I am Falstaff.”
Wow. What can you possibly say to that?
Oh wait, I know. “Morning Clark. Shitter’s full.”
Formed in 1997, Schad began performing sketch comedy on Chicago’s north side. The troupe has since performed at countless venues around the world including The Goodman Theatre, The Second City, Steppenwolf, Lollapalooza, ImprovOlympic, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (LA), HERE (NYC) and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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To this, and your previous post about men in fur coats… I give you this…
http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/2008/01/randy-fugd.html
Julie! Are you kidding me with this?! Had I just done a little bit more research… instead of watching stupid Brothers & Sisters!!! I love it. You are my new photo editor from now on.
Randy in fur. Nice.
Here’s what I don’t get about this story: Even if you are the consumate artist and so committed to your performance of Falstaff or whomever, once someone comes up to you in the dressing room and says “Hey, dude, you’re kinda creeping out some of the other actors” or “Hey, Phil, we realize you’re playing a woodland gnome but could you stop leaving piles of shit backstage,” doesn’t a normal person even consider “oh, yeah, sure, I could see where that could cross the line. I’ll reign it in a bit.” … Rather than GET BANNED FROM EQUITY FOR LIFE????
So I dunno. Maybe I’m just a lame-o actor who will never fully realize a role or character and relies and outdated methods like “sense memory.”
Or it’s been too long of a time since somebody’s told Randy Quaid that he’s a freak.
(On a related note: Beth produced a Capital One voiceover spot with Mr. Quaid a while back and she says that, while he was tough at first, he warmed up and turned out to be a really nice guy.)
Could you guys start tagging “asshole” and “down-to-earth” celebrities?
Dennis Miller: ass
Don Adams: ass… (long story. I’ll tell you someday in my one-man show)
Great point Phil!! Even though everyone recognizes Daniel Day Lewis as a full-on method actor who is freakishly committed to his character while shooting — he must know how to keep it in check. And to piss off EVERY actor in the cast — that is a real accomplishment. I usually only piss off Sandy and Justin — or Justin and Stephe — or Adam and our internet readers — but never all of them at the same time!!
And please start your “Don Adams is an ass” one man show pronto. I will start writing grant proposals for it as soon as I get home tonight.
That’s true, Kate is difficult to deal with, and most of us have filed restraining orders, though — much like the Treaty of Versailles, they’re just “pieces of paper.” But I digress.
I think Randy Quaid is either a COMPLETE NUTCASE or a TOTAL GENIUS. Looking at his bizarre body of work, I have to give him the benefit of the doubt, and always remember what my attorney friend James says — there’s two sides to every story. Randy should stick to movies anyway, so it’s probably a good thing. More Quick Change, less Falstaff in Seattle.
Mark my words, he’ll show-up with Daniel Baldwin in some Celebrity Business Partner Apprentice or something in the near future…