Josh Brolin
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Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal, Patty Arquette, Patricia Arquette, Ben Stiller, Taya Leone, Richard Jenkins. Richard Jenkins kind of steals it. He's your lover in the movie. He's my lover. He's my lover in the movie. And that was a moment, you know, it was like, I'm fucking acting with Nick Nolte.
And when you're looking in somebody's eyes and you don't see them. And that's whether it be the book, whether it be acting, even though I didn't grow up in Hollywood, my dad was an actor. There was a celebrity thing in it because he went from total unknown to Marcus Welby, MD, which was basically like the friends of its time. So there was all this attention and how he dealt with that attention.
And when you're looking in somebody's eyes and you don't see them. And that's whether it be the book, whether it be acting, even though I didn't grow up in Hollywood, my dad was an actor. There was a celebrity thing in it because he went from total unknown to Marcus Welby, MD, which was basically like the friends of its time. So there was all this attention and how he dealt with that attention.
And when you're looking in somebody's eyes and you don't see them. And that's whether it be the book, whether it be acting, even though I didn't grow up in Hollywood, my dad was an actor. There was a celebrity thing in it because he went from total unknown to Marcus Welby, MD, which was basically like the friends of its time. So there was all this attention and how he dealt with that attention.
There was a lot of irritability and a lot of confusion. And, you know, you have to go do this and you have to be this and you have to present your wife. It was not great. Didn't come natural to him. So there was nothing about it in that way that was attractive to me.
There was a lot of irritability and a lot of confusion. And, you know, you have to go do this and you have to be this and you have to present your wife. It was not great. Didn't come natural to him. So there was nothing about it in that way that was attractive to me.
There was a lot of irritability and a lot of confusion. And, you know, you have to go do this and you have to be this and you have to present your wife. It was not great. Didn't come natural to him. So there was nothing about it in that way that was attractive to me.
But behaviorally, and I think if you go back into this book, you go, oh, it was so behaviorally chaotic for me as a kid or my brother as a kid that, of course, I would be obsessed with why people do what they do. And what a great way to explore that in acting. That was the toehold for you. That was it. Yeah, yeah.
But behaviorally, and I think if you go back into this book, you go, oh, it was so behaviorally chaotic for me as a kid or my brother as a kid that, of course, I would be obsessed with why people do what they do. And what a great way to explore that in acting. That was the toehold for you. That was it. Yeah, yeah.
But behaviorally, and I think if you go back into this book, you go, oh, it was so behaviorally chaotic for me as a kid or my brother as a kid that, of course, I would be obsessed with why people do what they do. And what a great way to explore that in acting. That was the toehold for you. That was it. Yeah, yeah.
That's exactly what it is. It's like, would you become a psychologist just to be around people who are constantly talking about this thing that is endlessly interesting to me or experientially be inside of it? And then you're with Nick Nolte and you're like, this is fucking crazy. Nick ended up saving my life later. There was a whole relationship. You ping ponged, yeah?
That's exactly what it is. It's like, would you become a psychologist just to be around people who are constantly talking about this thing that is endlessly interesting to me or experientially be inside of it? And then you're with Nick Nolte and you're like, this is fucking crazy. Nick ended up saving my life later. There was a whole relationship. You ping ponged, yeah?
That's exactly what it is. It's like, would you become a psychologist just to be around people who are constantly talking about this thing that is endlessly interesting to me or experientially be inside of it? And then you're with Nick Nolte and you're like, this is fucking crazy. Nick ended up saving my life later. There was a whole relationship. You ping ponged, yeah?
Well, he's a ping pongy kind of guy.
Well, he's a ping pongy kind of guy.
Well, he's a ping pongy kind of guy.
Almost impossible to believe stories about him. I mean, literally walk into his house and you go, Nick, are you there? And he'd go. And you go, I guess he's here, you know, and then you go in the back room. Is he like an armchair chemist? He's like growing things. No, that's what I mean.
Almost impossible to believe stories about him. I mean, literally walk into his house and you go, Nick, are you there? And he'd go. And you go, I guess he's here, you know, and then you go in the back room. Is he like an armchair chemist? He's like growing things. No, that's what I mean.
Almost impossible to believe stories about him. I mean, literally walk into his house and you go, Nick, are you there? And he'd go. And you go, I guess he's here, you know, and then you go in the back room. Is he like an armchair chemist? He's like growing things. No, that's what I mean.
So you'd go in the back room or whatever past the living room and he'd be sitting there looking into a microscope and studying his blood. He liked six band-aids on his arm. And you go, hey man. And by the way, not on drugs. Not. No. Sober. OK, but he has also partaken in drugs.