And for that man in the White House, a message from the brilliant author Isaac Asimov:
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
Herman Munster, who was played by Fred Gwynn, on the Munsters TV show, once taught his son something that is becoming popular to share right now. "It doesn't matter what you look like, you can be tall or short, or ugly or handsome, black or white - it doesn't matter, what does matter is the size of your heart and the strength of your character" Words to live by!
I actually got to meet Fred Gwynn once in the 80s. I was in Bedford, NY and got lost leaving a friend's house. It was late, dark and misty/drizzle rain. I got turned around/lost and pulled into a long driveway to turn my car around and go back the way I came but I had to calm myself down because I got nervous when I was lost. I was about to pull back out of the driveway, when a very tall and looming man came to my window. I was scared because I was in his driveway at night. He knocked on my window and I lowered it just a bit so I could talk to him. He asked If I was all right. I said "OMG, you are Herman Munster!" he said "Actually, I'm Fred Gwynn!" (lol). I told him I was lost and he calmed me down and then told me how to get back to the main road. He mentioned if I still got lost to come back and he would let me follow him in his car to the main road. I was so thankful and he was so sweet and nice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lYSKhRG6G8
??? OMG, that story is priceless! Thank you for sharing that, my friend. I needed to laugh like that! He does sound like a very kind and sweet man.
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Tricia, lucky you! I would have probably asked him to autograph my car! I love him. He was so hilarious in My Cousin Vinny.
"Are you mockin' me with that outfit?!"
That was one of my favorite funny movies too! Another funny thing is I got to talk to Joe Pesci on the phone once. He was friends with a friend of mine. She asked me if I wanted to speak to him (late 80s) and I thought she was kidding. Nope - she put me on the phone with him and sure enough I started to ask if it was really him and I started to imitate his voice back at him (thinking it wasn't really Joe Pesci) and he started to say that to me "Are you mocking me?!!" I was laughing so hard, then my friend says to me "look that is really Joe Pesci!!" I was floored. LOL
WOW!! I love him too! He's been in some amazing movies.
I love My Cousin Vinny because my family are NY'ers and I can just picture them dropped in the middle of Alabama. LOL
One of my favorite lines is "Stan, I've seen your parents argue. Trust me, they're amateurs!"
@triciact, and yet another funny story! I can just hear Pesci saying that to you. I loved him in "My Cousin Vinny." @polarberry, I'd forgotten about that line. Really funny.
Tricia, what really made me laugh about your Fred Gwynne story was I imagined him standing outside your car window in full Herman Munster makeup. Did you know that he was a Harvard-educated, classically trained actor? I heard that in a TV bio about him.
I once met Al Pacino back in the 80's. Not through chance or through a friend; more as one of those annoying fans. A friend and I went to see him in "American Buffalo" at The Kennedy Center. My friend had one too many drinks over
dinner -- okay, she was drunk -- and I had to stop her from jumping up onstage after the performance was over. The only way I could talk her down was to promise that we could wait for Pacino outside, in the hopes for an autograph. Pacino finally exited the building wearing a running suit, drenched in sweat and totally worn out. I was surprised by how introverted he was. BIG signature, though (lol!).
About Pacino's performance -- we were in the front row and his emotions were so raw that it took my breath away. Incredible actor.
You guys are naming all my favorite actors!
Even when Pacino has done interviews, he is introverted. I've read that he takes his privacy, and that of his family, very seriously.
Not surprised he was classically trained. I had actually heard that Al Pacino was very shy. A lot of actors have stated they are very shy when off-stage. Acting helps them deal with their emotions and their inability to show them outwardly.
He's also struggled off and on for years with depression.