Durling on Mirren
“What made me finally relax is that during one of the moments we were showing clips, [Helen Mirren] reached out for my hand and squeezed it and said I was doing a good job. Can you believe that?! At the end of the tribute, right before Bill Macy was to come out, the lights dimmed. She once again reached for my hand and squeezed it. ‘This was lovely,’ she said. ‘Once in a lifetiime, thank you.’ I looked up, and she had tears in her eyes.” — Santa Barbara Film Festival director Roger Durling, writing on his festival blog about last night’s Mirren tribute at the Arlington.
Don’t moments like this lose their meaning when you write about them on your blog? He’s cheapening a nice moment in the name of publicly patting himself on the back. Not cool, Rog.
Gay.
Is it just me or is NYCBusybody turning into Chris Cooper’s character from American Beauty?
Wait a second, NYCBusybody IS Chris Cooper’s character from American Beauty.
JD – I wrote that entry in my blog not to pad myself in the back, but to show what a class act Helen Mirren is. And NYCBusybody, I am gay and proud of it!
Roger Durling
I’m sure you are. I’m sure you are.
Nothing wrong with BEING gay, not at all. But acting gay? Lame.
You’re a man. Act like it.
waiit…you guys are telling me nyc busybody is a guy?
Do’t you have some hot women you should be fucking, NYC? Why waste perfectly good manly hours picking on someone far classier than you?
waiit…you guys are telling me nyc busybody is a guy?