James Le Gros, the longtime actor known for his roles in movies such as Drugstore Cowboy and Living in Obilvion joins us this week to talk about the freedom of not knowing what’s next and why it’s important, even after being credited on over 100 TV shows and films, that he still gets nervous. The two also share some of their best stories, including Brian’s first meeting with Pat Riley and the night James attended a dinner party with Werner Herzog. Plus, we run James’ name through the ‘Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon’ generator, discuss why bitterness is the enemy as an artist, and why it’s important to never face the facts.

 

Topics this week: 

Drugstore Cowboy

Living in Oblivion

Justified

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

The People vs. Larry Flynt

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Amadeus

Citizen Kane

The Seventh Seal

Diner

The Last Winter

Harold and Maude

WNYC’s Here’s the Thing with Julianne Moore

Barry Lyndon

Leather Jackets

The Winter of Frankie Machine a novel by Don Winslow

She Needed Me a novel by Walter Kirn

Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade by Walter Kirn

Eyes Wide Shut

Grizzly Man

The White Diamond

The Street Lawyer

South Coast Repertory

A Beautiful Mind

Frost/Nixon

Ally McBeal

Safe

Mildred Pierce

Girls

Tiny Furniture

Where the Day Takes You

Gun Crazy

Johnny Suede

The People Garden

Scotland, PA.

 

People this week: 

Milos Forman

Ruth Gordon

Ralph Moratz

Mario van Peebles

Cary Elwes

Gus Van Sant

Brad Pitt

Martin Scorsese

Robert De Niro

Timothy Treadwell

Russell Crowe

Kerry Bishe

George Clooney

Pat Riley

Tony Robbins

Ron Perlman

Todd Haynes

Kathryn Bigelow

Lena Dunham

Will Smith

Drew Barrymore

Catherine Keener

 

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