I love the Seinfeld DVD extras on LT. They basically said that he was a bonafide maniac. His role as Elaine's father was meant to be recurring, but the cast said he was so difficult to work with that he was not asked back.
Whenever the production team was getting on Larry David's nerve, he would threaten write Elaine's father into an episode. That would make them step back, he was that crazy.
Quentinen is being very professional and kind. Lawrence is from that WW2 generation. The one before the boomers. They didn’t put up with any disrespect. Tarentino did the only thing he could, he went crazy and Lawrence actually respected that
@@toddjones1480 😁 THANK you. Everybody forgets The Silent Generation. guess they did a good job living up to their name, right? 😂 Also, as GenX with SG parents, I always want to remind people THEY are they ones (generally, generationally) who started destroying what Greatest Generation built up, i.e. "pulling the ladder up behind them." Boomers have done a "great" (/s (sarcasm)) job making it all worse, but SG started it as soon as they were sitting pretty. just glad to see someone else do a little correcting. 😁 Keep on keeping on! 🙂❤
Lawrence Tierney would’ve played an excellent Ben Grimm/Thing if the Fantastic Four had been made into a movie back in the day. I thought it was neat when they made this reference in Reservoir Dogs.
I think that Lawrence respected that Quentin knew his place, he was the director, he was the boss, even tho its his first movie, Question knew to stand up to himself and wasnt gonne let anyone push him around just cause it was a highly respected actor, i know i would after i had calmed down like "wow, he actually had the balls thid fucker", and still after the fight both he and Quentin came as adults and apologized to eachother and made up, something people could take note of nowadays
Lawrence Tierney uttered the last two words EVER from the incomparably brilliant Hill Street Blues as Sgt Jenkins . The phone rings and he growls into it ' Hill Street ' and the rest is history ,as they say . Magical !
Probably part of it is they didn't know how to talk to him. He goes back to RKO, Cecille b. Demille, then he's working on a project of a complete unknown
He was an old dude with a history of alcohol abuse, and Tarantino is surprised that he was difficult to work with. The walking away in a middle of a conversation, fumbling his lines, sudden bursts of anger and wanting to be your friend after you confront him are all signs of that. I'm sure people can understand it now when you see who the president of the country mumbling through a speech and being lost on stage.
LOL the story is funny...just goes to show, people will push you and push you and push you just to see what your limit is. Being a director must be such a balancing act and shitshow
You are absolutely correct. No one should be denigrated like that. No one should judge someone else like that (Personally, I think Lawrence looked cool with that bald head, huge physique, and gravelly voice). Furthermore, it would appear that the primary reason why Lawrence had weight problems in the first place is because he was a heavy drinker. Now, I am not necessarily a fan of 12 Steps as a "be all, end all" solution (While I am a Christian, I believe that most drinking problems, including Lawrences's, comes out of depression rather than moral failings or disease), but, Quentin and/or some of his co-stars needed to intervene with a "Lawrence, we care about you, and this is why we want to talk to you about your drinking problem...." That would have been far more constructive (not to mention more moral) than yelling at him and calling him such hurtful body shaming names. One thing I learned about Lawrence is that he never married, and ended up dying alone in a nursing home. It didn't have to be that way, if just someone had cared enough to intervene and talk to him along with others who had the slightest care for him.
Is it me, but Quentin Tarantino is not exactly a handsome man. No wonder why is still single. Even with all his money. But he's created some great movies, although he steals a lot.
It’s you. The guy is married to a beautiful 35-year-old woman. George Clooney was single for a long time - was he ugly, too? Also, he admires so many films that he combines so many pieces from them and yet, still puts his own spin on it.
