Re: Beatty Speaks Out

Could someone post the full text of this interview -- someone probably who's
member of NYT on the web ... thanks!!!

"Steve Newport" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Ned Beatty, 66, expressed his frustration at having to work with
> Hollywood stars rather than less famous, but more skilled stage actors.
> Beatty said of Ashley Judd: "She is a sweetie, and yet she doesn't have
> a whole lot of tools." Of Jason Patric, he said, "He's gotten better all
> the time." Beatty was also wistful about the Brick he shared the stage
> with in London, Brendan Fraser: "I lucked out . . . He's great at
> stagecraft." Beatty was hardly alone in Patric-bashing. New York
> magazine's John Simon called his performance "a Marlon Brando
> impersonation such as even second-rate stand-up comics have ceased to
> perpetuate."
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> I missed that review. What did he say about Judd?
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