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from: Amy Guskin
date: 2010-09-17 21:48:38
subject: Re: Michael O`Hare delusional?

>> On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:47:08 -0400, Blair Leatherwood wrote
(in article ):

> Joe Chicago wrote:
>> I just listened to Jerry Doyle's 9/10 program, and he asserted --
>> quite seriously -- that Michael O'hare was delusional during his time
>> on Bab 5.  Claims that he would read the script cover to cover
>> (instead of the usual actor's approach of paying attention only to his
>> own lines), and then go to "the producers and the writers" and say
>> "I've got the script; all i need now is the code." 
Doyle: "Guy was
>> completely nuts"  and that is why he did not work after the first
>> season.
>> 
>> has anybody heard anything like that?  It is notable that IMDB lists
>> almost no work at all for O'Hare after Bab 5.
>> 
>> 
>> 
> Interesting.  However, I do take exception to your statement that actors 
> only look at their own lines--bad actors may do that, but not anyone 
> with any respect for themselves, the profession, or the writers.
> 
> Humph. <<

That irked me, too.  I assumed the comment was Jerry's, not Joe Chicago's.  I 
guess if you're a dabbler rather than a professional who has worked years at  
your craft, the rest of the script wouldn't concern you.

Amy
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