Here`s another entry for the Always-Darkest-Before-the-Dawn Department:
Eight years ago Bob Newhart was sure he`d never work on TV again; the tube had been taken over by the boobs. In the October McCall`s, Newhart says: ”Even dramatic shows were exemplified by kid stuff like `Wonder Woman`; how could there be a place for me?” But there was, of course, and his ”Newhart” show is in its sixth year. Newhart is aware there are certain resemblances between this show and his old series, but, as he says, ”Stealing from yourself is not stealing.”
It`s not easy being a rock `n` roll superstar and an international sex symbol all in one blue-jeaned package. But heaven knows Bruce Springsteen tries. ”The demands that this profession make on you are unreasonable. Its very strange to go out and have people look at you like you`re Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny,” says the Boss in ”Springsteen” (Rolling Stone Press), by Robert Hilburn . ”It`s a confusing experience for (the public), too. Who are they meeting? They`re not quite sure. If you don`t respond exactly as they imagined, it can be a strange experience. If you expect it to be a reasonable thing, it can drive you crazy.”
Everyone looks at the world from his own perspective. When JoBeth Williams was making ”Poltergeist” for Steven Spielberg, she had one scene in which evil spirits pull her through the ceiling. ”It was a latex ceiling with little bumps on it,” says the actress. ”We wound up doing the scene dozens of times. . . I looked down, and my knees and elbows were bloody. I went over to Steven and said, `Look at me.` He looked at all the blood and said, `Don`t worry about it. We`ll wipe you off, it will never show.` ”
REPLAYS
”After a year in therapy, my psychiatrist said to me, `Maybe life isn`t for everyone.` ” Larry Brown
”Why should I tolerate a perfect stranger at the bedside of my mind?”
Vladimir Nabokov
”(My psychiatrist) was like a drinking buddy, but we never went drinking, and I paid for all the drinks.”
Spalding Gray
