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看了今期Newsweek, 最吸引的是Oscar Roundtable, 一次過訪問了今屆奧斯卡六大熱門後選演員: Brad Pitt, Forest Whitaker, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Penelope Cruz, 及Helen Mirren.

六名巨星一起接受兩個多小時的訪問, 內容精彩搞笑, 簡潔抽出一些和大家分享.

原來Brad Pitt未當演員前, 是一名專門接送脫衣舞孃的司機. Leonardo DiCaprio七歲時是個跳break dance的男孩, 髮型是mohawk, 一直希望找到一個經理人卻每次都被拒絕. Forest Whitaker多年前曾飾演猶太人一角(電影"Good Morning, Vietnam"/早安越南), 第一個給他印象最深刻的演員是Sidney Poitier. Helen Mirren坦然現在有名有利仍然繼續參與電影的原因是金錢及樂趣. Penelope Cruz看Pedro Almodovar(艾慕杜華)的電影"Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!"時只有13歲, 也是那時開始決心要當個演員. Cate Blanchett從不看自己有份參與的電影.

還有好些精彩對話:

Pitt: Strippers changed my life.

Pitt: (對於記者提到荷李活一直希望他去演傳統男主角, 他說) Acting is about discovery, for me, and these "leading man" scripts - Leo can testify to this - they're all the same guy. You can plug any one of us into it and you get a variation on a theme, but anyone can do it. Where is the discovery in that?

DiCaprio: (對於當年一時間成為teen idol感覺怪怪, 而電影"Titanic"的效應, 又把他帶回之前的處境) I wanted to establish myself as an actor who put a lot of thought into his characters and did good work. And then I did a movie called "Titanic," and there I was, right back into that position of being looked at as another piece of cute meat.

Blanchett: I feel alive when I'm acting. It's a tragic, but true. I would die in a rehearsal room if I could.
作為一個演員, 或許死的一刻都在演戲是何等幸福的事.

Whitaker: (當問及為何還視演戲為工作) It's magic. Who wouldn't want to be a part of that?

Cruz: (多年前於電影"Jamon, Jamon"中飾演妓女的女兒一角, 頓成性感icon. 一天走在街上...) Somebody screamed, 'I love you!' Then somebody else screamed, 'Whore!' Then I knew I was famous.

Mirren: (經常有人讚她的英國口音) Americans are always saying, "Oh, I love your accent." I don't have the bloody accent. You've got the accent. [Laughter] No, I never say that. I say, "Thank you so much. How sweet of you."

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