So Ned Beatty Was Rude- Page 2

[etoile]

Posted: 4/28/04 at 8:20pm

What now seems eons ago, not just to myself but I'm certain to anyone else reading, I stated his opinions possibly stemmed from frustration. And why does anyone need to feel there are any NEGATIVE connotations to having a motivation? Can not a motive be as pure and simple as lighting a fire, adding some passion (the new buzz word), or evolking some emotion among castmates?
Why the need to try and make that a bad thing?

And I never stated that provocation was the only way of making a good interview? I stated that the interview, as it was written, would have been a boring interview. That could be due to a hundred and one reasons.

[Plum]

Posted: 4/28/04 at 8:34pm

If he wanted to motivate his castmates, he could have talked to them himself instead of insulting them via the media. Hey, maybe he did both; who knows. It doesn't make what he did any better.

Evidently, only the motivation of Beatty's matters to you, etoile, not the results. I disagree. I doubt we'll reconcile on that, but that's cool. Differences of opinion make the world interesting. :)

Beatty might have had the best intentions in the world when he said what he said, but for heaven's sake he's a veteran actor. He knows how the media game works. He knew he'd be embarrassing his castmates. Or at least he should have. So maybe he wasn't rude, but just lacked forethought. That's the best I can say for him.

[etoile]

Posted: 4/28/04 at 9:45pm

Difficult to carry on a dialouge when people come up with their own conjectures.

[Plum]

Posted: 4/28/04 at 10:04pm

I apologize if I read something in your post that wasn't there; lack of sleep affects my reading comprehension.