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You are here: Home / Popular Culture / I Swear, This Guy Sounds Like Somebody We Know…

I Swear, This Guy Sounds Like Somebody We Know…

by Anne Laurie|  January 27, 201410:44 pm| 17 Comments

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Fun read about a good actor, in any case. TNR reprints an interview from the New Statesman:

John Goodman can’t get comfortable. The sofa’s too deep: it dwarfs him like a giant beanbag. It’s strange to see Goodman looking dwarfed. When he was a young actor in Manhattan, his quarterback dimensions and baby face got him his first auditions. From his breakthrough role as the blue-collar dad Dan Conner in Rose­anne, where he wielded his on-screen son like a tiny rag doll, to his mad, bad Vietnam vet in The Big Lebowski, Goodman’s size and strength have defined him. At 61, he is physically deteriorating: he’s currently awaiting a second knee replace­ment. “I’ve already replaced this right knee,” he says, gesturing, “with a kitchen utensil. So I’m looking for something matching to go with the other one. Possibly an item from the bedroom?”…

There’s something in him fighting hard against being unfriendly. It’s there in his explosive laugh and in sudden punctu­ations of surprise or sympathy that come at moments you don’t expect. He is a readerly man, turning words over on his tongue: that was always clear in Roseanne, when he’d throw cod-Shakespearian pronouncements from a doorway, an American football under his arm.

“What’s funny is that when I was in high school, I tended to get kicked out of classes a lot and sent to the library and for some reason I would read plays. I never could figure out why that was. I just liked dialogue. I suppose I should have it looked into some day but I’d have to care about it enough first,” he says…

Why was he kicked out of class?

“For trying to attract attention to myself.”…

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17Comments

  1. 1.

    NotMax

    January 27, 2014 at 10:51 pm

    61?

    Too old to play Rob Ford in the inevitable TV movie, alas.

  2. 2.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 27, 2014 at 10:54 pm

    HIs Linda Tripp was inspired

  3. 3.

    jl

    January 27, 2014 at 10:59 pm

    Nothing about putting his eye out when he tries to smear on some lip balm.. or cutting a major artery playing with a nerf toy, so.. I dunno who he reminds me of. DougJ?

  4. 4.

    Geeno

    January 27, 2014 at 11:04 pm

    I always liked him – non-politically (I have no – nor do I desire any – idea of his politics). I hope the best for him.

  5. 5.

    The Fat Kate Middleton

    January 27, 2014 at 11:04 pm

    My dad sat next to him on a plane flying to New Orleans. Early into the flight, he told Dad he was terrified of flying, and proceeded to drink – according to my father – eight scotches.When the plane landed, he grabbed my dad’s hand and made … John Goodman noises.

  6. 6.

    MikeJ

    January 27, 2014 at 11:12 pm

    @The Fat Kate Middleton:

    and made … John Goodman noises.

    I WILL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIND!

  7. 7.

    Jacel

    January 27, 2014 at 11:15 pm

    He’s somebody who should be included in every movie, because it’s going to usually be a better movie for his presence.

  8. 8.

    The Fat Kate Middleton

    January 27, 2014 at 11:17 pm

    @MikeJ: @Jacel: I’m on Facebook too much. I wanted to ‘like’ both these comments.

  9. 9.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 27, 2014 at 11:31 pm

    I always loved him as Speaker of the House/Acting President Glen Allen Walken, on The West Wing.

    “Breathe regular.”

  10. 10.

    themis

    January 27, 2014 at 11:50 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Between this and Big Block of Cheese Day, I’m feeling a West Wing marathon about to happen.

    But does Goodman like critters?

  11. 11.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 28, 2014 at 12:11 am

    @themis: Never a bad time for a West Wing marathon. It does seem to have been referenced quite a lot recently.

  12. 12.

    YellowJournalism

    January 28, 2014 at 12:15 am

    How many pets does he have?

  13. 13.

    themis

    January 28, 2014 at 12:21 am

    @SiubhanDuinne: Since my university is closed tomorrow (too damn cold), I have all the time in the world:) (or at least all the time in the day). Although I suppose I should be a good girl and prep lectures too… and maybe make a nice ‘all day stew’…

  14. 14.

    kdaug

    January 28, 2014 at 1:24 am

    Anne Laurie, ignore the bullshit responses above. You’ve nailed the JC to the T.

    (ETA: Didn’t actually read any of said bullshit responses above, but I’m sure they’re bullshit. And you still nailed Cole. So there.)

  15. 15.

    themis

    January 28, 2014 at 1:57 am

    @kdaug: But but but… we don’t have a critter count yet!!!

    But yes, AL nailed it.

  16. 16.

    Thlayli

    January 28, 2014 at 5:06 am

    “Quarterback dimensions”? Good ol’ TNR, trying to look with-it.

    “Defensive-lineman dimensions” is more like it.

  17. 17.

    maurinsky

    January 28, 2014 at 8:30 am

    It is criminal that he has never been nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar – he should have been nominated and won for Walter Sobchak, at least!

    I had the pleasure of seeing him sing in the role of Pappy in Big River on Broadway in 1987. He stole the show.

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