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Castaway
2 appearances
Actress who rose to fame as the sexy, ruthless lead in 'Body Heat' and later starred in 'Romancing the Stone' and 'Prizzi's Honor'.
On the island
Eight records
Nanci Griffith and James Hooker
which to me is very American and very lyrical. I love the refrain.
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23Favourite
Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel
I would come back from my classes, lock the door, and put this on, and think there was more to the world and more to my life than I had at present.
he picked me up in his car, and this song, Avalon, by Roxy Music, was on the radio... we met at one o'clock and he left at 4:30 that morning.
This was um for my wedding. I'll never forget it was a Saturday night.
This is a young a young woman who's just doing some great music and she's a mixture between folk and rock and She's sassy and she's smart.
When um he sings, I look across um to England where my heart lies. And for about a year, I suppose it was, after my father's death, I actually had a return ticket... and I slept with it under my pillow for about a year until it expired.
He was writing about when I have to leave to go away to work, and so he gave us this song.
In conversation
Presenter asks
0:31How did you feel about appearing naked in the West End production of The Graduate?
The director and writer, Terry Johnson, left it to me, and it just was so clear to me that not doing it would have been more obtrusive and more stopping of the play... whereas doing it would then propel the whole play... And I just gritted my teeth and thought, All right, I can do this.
Presenter asks
3:52Is it true that you wept in your dressing room when you first did a nude scene on film in Body Heat?
Oh, I did. I did. I did... Larry Kasten... Decided that we should start the filming, start the whole film. with the only entirely nude scene in the boathouse... Well, I was shaking like a leaf.
Presenter asks
5:39How did you get cast in Body Heat?
Larry Kazan was in town. Auditioning women for the role of Maddie Walker... they refused to allow me to be seen for the role... About three months later, a female casting director... got me in to read for Larry... He called me back the next day and handed me a scene... I finished, and Larry turned and he said, I never thought I'd hear that exactly as I hear it in my head.
The keepsakes
Presenter asks
8:54Why did you refuse to do the sequel to Romancing the Stone initially, leading to a lawsuit?
I refused to do the script that they gave me for the sequel. I said that yes, I had agreed to do a sequel, but I had not agreed to lower my standards... I have always believed, frankly, that I always have the right that you are as known for what you do not do as for what you do... the greatest power and right I have is to say no and not to be compromised in my choice of work.
Presenter asks
10:59How did your father feel about you wanting to become an actress?
He was not anxious for me to do this. First of all, I think he f disapproved of it in general, that it was licentious and heaven knows what kind of lifestyle, etcetera... and then it was so insecure... We had a huge, glorious argument and I stormed off the only time I ever ran away from home stormed off to Stratford, of course. and uh came home and he had died.
Presenter asks
21:20Why did you keep your rheumatoid arthritis a secret from the public and the industry at first?
Because you won't be hired if you're sick. They'll hire you if you're drunk... But if you're sick No, I don't think so. So we felt best not to not to allow anyone to know.
“I have always believed, frankly, that I always have the right that you are as known for what you do not do as for what you do. And I am I am too intelligent, frankly, that to ever starve. So I the greatest power and right I have is to say no and not to be compromised in my choice of work.”
“Oh, they told me five years ago that I would not act any more, that I would be in a wheelchair the rest of my life. And I said you're You're wrong. You're just wrong. You know, I have no other alternative. I will not do that.”
“I like myself. I like being alone for a certain period, and I always get sick of it, so I would do my best to get off.”