To generalize is to be an idiot.
- Wm. Blake
Generality is the enemy of all art.
- Stanislavsky
"I ham a good egg."
Don't blame karma, don't come to me with some ancient Indian curse . . . The way I see it, God wouldn't fuck you up unless you fucked him first.
-Robert Dickerson
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
-Bertrand Russell
Some guy hit my fender, and I told him, 'Be fruitful and multiply.'
But not in those words.
-Woody Allen
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
-H.L. Mencken
Shane MacGowan and the Popes
David Bowie
Franz Schubert
Nina Simone
Dionne Warwick
David Byrne
Smoke
Louis Prima
The Persuasions
Gilberto Gil
Opal Foxx Quartet
Storm and the Balls
Jerry Harrison
Aimee Mann
Jorge Ben
Tom Jones
Ennio Morricone
Chico Marx
Bernard Herman
Kurt Weill
Big City Sunrise
The Pretenders
Sondheim
Holly Golightly
The Pogues
Daniel Lanois
The Lounge Lizards
Bang on a Can
Carl Perkins
Marissa Monte
Jo Stafford
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
The Strokes
Talking Heads
The Coasters
Cake
Tom Tom Club
Leonard Cohen
Michael Penn
Lotte Lenya
The Nipple Erectors
Lou Reed
John Cale
Patti Smith
Brian Eno
The King
The Boss
The Young Immortals
Sam Cooke
King Crimson
Dion and the Belmonts
Tin Machine
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Interpol
Sergei Prokofiev
Franz Lizst
Deluxe Vaudeville Orchestra
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Iggy Pop
Jon Brion
Burt Bacharach
Marianne Faithful
Bjork
Harry Belafonte
Erroll Garner
Rickie Lee Jones
Harry Nilsson
Cake
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
PIL
Tom Waits
Johnny Cash
Kris Kristofferson
The Clash
Dean Martin
Ry Cooder
John Lurie
Paris, Texas
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Affliction
Days of Wine and Roses
Mystery Train
Lost in America
Bad Day at Black Rock
Being There
Love and Death
The Fisher King
Down by Law
Talk Radio
The King of Comedy
Network
Swimming to Cambodia
Broadcast News
After Hours
Cache
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Straight to Hell
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Apartment
Requiem for a Dream
My Dinner with Andre
Rear Window
Roger and Me
Marathon Man
Midnight Cowboy
Short Cuts
The Verdict
Magnolia
Time Bandits
Manhattan
Wonder Boys
Rope
Swimming to Cambodia
A Shot in the Dark
Auto Focus
Strangers on a Train
Punch Drunk Love
An Affair to Remember
The Last Temptation of Christ
Drugstore Cowboy
The Deer Hunter
Brazil
Smoke
Irma La Douce
A Simple Plan
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
This is Spinal Tap
Memento
Dawn of the Dead
North by Northwest
Five Easy Pieces
City of Lost Children
Delicatessan
Phantom of the Paradise
Blow Out
Barton Fink
The Third Man
Terms of Endearment
Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
Zelig
"I find television very educating.
Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
- Groucho Marx
Your results:
You are The Amazing Spider-Man Peter Parker 99.3% Peter Finch 98.6% Matt Murdock 75.1% Pete's Dragon 52% Tony Stark 41.7% Clark Kent 30.4% Peter Keck 21.2% Peter Cetera 3.1% Diana Ross 15.9% Peter Paul and Mary 10.5% Bruce "Panty-Wad" Wayne 2.1% You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.
You're also guilty as hell
for some unknown reason.
And Christ! You even carry a
camera 24/7!!
Click here to take the "What funny leotards would you be caught dead in" quiz...
some choice reading
Cards as Weapons by Ricky Jay
The Triggering Town by Richard Hugo
The Magus by John Fowles
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
The Enchiridion by Epictetus
Shopgirl by Steve Martin
A Practical Handbook for the Actor by Melissa Bruder, et. al.
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Sophie's Choice by William Styron
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Different Seasons by Stephen King
Three Uses of the Knife by David Mamet
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
. . . and then, these all around swell folks:
Raymond Carver
Tess Gallagher
Paul Schrader
Milan Kundera.
Federico Garcia Lorca.
e.e. cummings.
Theodore Roethke.
Sam Shepard
Tobias Wolffe
William James
Annie Proulx
Leo Tolstoy
Anton Chekhov.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: t
Birthday: december 19
Birthplace: portland, or
Current Location: georgia
Eye Color: blue
Hair Color: brown, sandy
Height: 5'8"
Right Handed or Left Handed: right
Your Heritage: adopted (so I do a weekly drawing for this one . . . this week I'm Turkish)
The Shoes You Wore Today: Brown
Your Weakness: ideals
Your Fears: heights,
Your Perfect Pizza: round?
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: make a major decision
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: Do you have a beard, "Tiffany?"
Thoughts First Waking Up: I live here. What the fuck am I doing?
Your Best Physical Feature: hands, eyes?
Your Bedtime: bedtime?
Your Most Missed Memory: domesticity
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: Mac
Single or Group Dates: Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: neither
Chocolate or Vanilla: varies with Heritage (see above)
Cappuccino or Coffee: coffee
Do you Smoke: yes
Do you Swear: twat?
Do you Sing: yes
Do you Shower Daily: yes
Have you Been in Love: yes
Do you want to go to College: again: yes and perpetually: yes
Do you want to get Married: yes
Do you belive in yourself: somebody has to do it
Do you get Motion Sickness: no
Do you think you are Attractive: sometimes
Are you a Health Freak: no
Do you get along with your Parents: very well
Do you like Thunderstorms: yes!
Do you play an Instrument: I am an actor. My body is my instrument. Care to see me play? Heh.
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: no
In the past month have you Smoked: yes
In the past month have you been on Drugs: no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: define "date"
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: no
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: yes
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: yes
In the past month have you been on Stage: no
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no
Ever been Drunk: yes
Ever been called a Tease: not sure . . . is that the same as "prick"
Ever been Beaten up: yes
Ever Shoplifted: yes
How do you want to Die: what a silly question
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I'd be happy just growing up.
What country would you most like to Visit: Russia
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: no matter
Favourite Hair Color: makes no nevermind
Short or Long Hair: short (with a long wig close at hand. . . I'm fickle)
Height: no matter
Weight: just not "girthy"
Best Clothing Style: oh I don't know what IS this? you want fetishes? FINE: Catholic Schoolgirl or the Vintage Romanian Millworker look
Number of Drugs I have taken: enough to get you up to speed
Number of CDs I own: lots
Number of Piercings: one. my hole closed over though.
Number of Tattoos: zip
Number of things in my Past I Regret: let's not talk about this right now
CREATE YOUR OWN NOODLE HAT! - or - GET PAID TO WEAR LOOSE PANTS!
Eric Bogosian, Leo Tolstoy, Johnny Cash, Peter Sellers, Agnus Bowmer , Kurt Weill , Lou Reed, The Marx Brothers including Margaret Dumont , my Grandfather, Ricky Jay, Anton Chekhov, Milan Kundera, Lenny Bruce, John R. Freimann , Raymond Carver, Jim Jarmusch, Benjamin, Linda Wright , The Amazing Spiderman.
goodnight spalding