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when we started out as actors aspx?c=340544 class="art">James Foley's crime thriller "=/movies/movie aspx?c=141418 class="art">Gene Hackman, =/celebs/celeb They are more in the moment, and our gender has a rougher time with that aspx?c=105378 class="art">John Garfield as an ambitious young violinist Yet he's never been busier Brando I went into acting because I didn't want to get a job or go in the service " But with acting he found something more, something he loved, especially when he saw =/celebs/celeb gif" alt="" height="15" width="16" border="0"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 3px"><span id="ctrlRateNews_120102_RT2" class="r-cap1"> Foley told Hoffman he wanted to keep The King threatening, intimidating, and the source of tension in the heist film's plot Hoffman admits to having made some career missteps along the way aspx?c=352957 class="art">Robert Duvall and I have said that when we started out we just wanted to survive," he recalls They call them 'stars that open I've always preferred the company of women, and I'm not talking about sexually The result is a villain who doesn't impose with size but through sheer will and unpredictability "It was extraordinary " Hoffman, 65, laments that he didn't have as much time to prepare for "Confidence" as he usually likes to have " He says he continues to feel that every role could be his last gif" alt="" height="15" width="16" border="0"><img id="ctrlRateNews_120102_RTS5" class="ib" onMouseOver="RMOv(this);" onFocus=RMOv(this); onMouseOut="RMOt(this);" onClick="ROC(this);" onKeyPress="ROC(this)" tabIndex=0 pid="ctrlRateNews_120102" src="http://entimg Filmmaker-actor Ed Burns, who plays con man Jake Vig, remembers the day Hoffman nailed the character on the set "We all know that in prison, sex is not used for sex necessarily, or love, but for power and domination," Hoffman says Hoffman co-stars opposite =/celebs/celeb aspx?m=111492 class="art">The Godfather aspx?c=254423 class="art">Morris Chestnut, 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Together with writer Doug Jung, Hoffman and Foley modified the role physically while striving to retain its powerful, dangerous edge aspx?c=242908 class="art">Andy Garcia, =/celebs/celeb gif" alt="" height="15" width="16" border="0"><img id="ctrlRateNews_120102_RTS3" class="ib" onMouseOver="RMOv(this);" onFocus=RMOv(this); onMouseOut="RMOt(this);" onClick="ROC(this);" onKeyPress="ROC(this)" tabIndex=0 pid="ctrlRateNews_120102" src="http://entimg "He was the first actor to exude a femininity," Hoffman says aspx?m=188 class="art">On the Waterfront" in which Brando's character picks up a glove that =/celebs/celeb aspx?c=175944 class="art">Johnny Depp in the upcoming "Neverland," a biographical drama of "Peter Pan" author J Kramer His first wife, Anne, was a ballerina msn msads com%2fmovies%2farticle "I wanted to work with Jamie (Foley) because I liked '=/movies/movie aspx?c=333434 class="art">Rachel Weisz, =/celebs/celeb Yet while he has seen gay actors make strides over the years, he's disturbed about a different trend in Hollywood: The pressure to make blockbusters with big opening weekends at the cost of quality Though the two renowned actors have been acquainted for years, they hadn't previously worked together One of his favorites, he recalls, is "=/movies/movie aspx?c=275289 class="art">Paul Giamatti, =/celebs/celeb Hoffman's King is a powerful crime boss and strip-club owner who hires a con artist and his crew to swindle a big-time banker with ties to organized crime Who else would have done that in those days, in the early 1950s, when actors had to hide the fact that they were gay "When you get into a room with people who collaborate, you usually can make some kind of music com/i/rt_str-e Of course, part of the reason he had time to conduct such extensive research for those roles was because it took time for each of those groundbreaking films to make it to the screen He changed the face of acting msn (Hoffman won his second Oscar for his performance in "Rain Man " So, while The King isn't Jesse Ventura size, he's scary and overbearing nonetheless, accompanied by his ever-present muscled henchman com/i/rt_str-e ") For "=/movies/movie A mediocre student, he dropped out of junior college -- but not before signing up for an acting class aspx?m=136782 class="art">Hook," plays Barrie's American producer Charles Frohman aspx?c=364398 class="art">Ed Burns, =/celebs/celeb They help me more ' That seems to be the game today "I do good work sometimes," he says with a shrug aspx?m=34389 class="art">Rain Man," for example, Hoffman spent more than two years researching his role as an autistic savant com/i/rt_str-e He took it to a level we had not seen before aspx?c=279945 class="art">Tom Cruise, can probably get funding to read a phone book 1??PID=2314887&UIT=G&TargetID=1038707&AN=9023&PG=ENT9AO" target="_blank"><img src="http://global "You look back at a certain point at the jobs you turned down that you wish you hadn't," says the veteran performer, who turned down his fair share of choice roles, including that of Michael Corleone in "=/movies/movie " There's also his impressive stage career, including his unforgettable performance as Willy Loman in the revival of "Death of a Salesman," which earned him a Drama Desk Award com/i/rt_str-e Good To Be King <FONT size=3>Dustin Hoffman plays edgy as a dangerous crime lord in the thriller 'Confidence'</FONT> <EM>By Angela Dawson Entertainment News Wire</EM> HOLLYWOOD -- =/celebs/celeb Brando "A few actors, like =/celebs/celeb aspx?m=478276 class="art">Wag the Dog " His first was for 1979's "=/movies/movie '" Hoffman, a twice-married father of six, says, "I've never been a man's man Though he is one of the most respected actors in the industry, Hoffman says he no longer has the clout to secure funding for a big studio film For "=/movies/movie The seven-time Oscar nominee considers the research he does for his roles to be the education he never completed in school "Someone told me to take an acting class because nobody flunks acting and you can get three credits," he recalls with a smoky laugh =/celebs/celeb " The next time she spots one, she'll shriek: "I made one of those!" Taking a cue from their science and natural-history cousins, art museums are increasingly offering varying degrees of hands-on excitement " Instructor Glady West showed how glass is gathered up with a steel rod from a 2100-degree Fahrenheit furnace It surfaced more than a generation ago and migrated in the 1990s to art museums, where it has flourished in recent years Interactivity, sometimes termed "kinesthetics," serves as a springboard for deepening appreciation of publicly displayed treasures "This is my first time and, really, for a senior it's marvelous," said Trudgian, who arrived on a chartered bus from Hamilton, Canada Art is often viewed as a thing of beauty in no need of intellectual adornment At its "Walk-In Workshop," the uninitiated try their hand after rambling through the museum It looks nice "Today I figured it out because I got to do it "I didn't pay much attention to the sculptures," confessed Shoup, visiting with her suburban Chicago family "They were totally engaged "But when I saw how they're made, I started to appreciate them more On special occasions, visitors can quiz art students copying the old masters, listen to an actor reading from Frank Lloyd Wright's autobiography or watch a Zen arts master dance the role of a Japanese warrior Some museums set aside a storytelling hour, lay out art books on tables, present short videos, lectures or a lively Q&A The adjacent "Studio" offers a full array, from 10-week to one-day classes, in such specialties as glassblowing, marble-making and photosandblasting Susy Watts, a consultant in Seattle who helps museums develop interactive galleries, said the best ones demonstrate how art can be examined from multiple vantage points " The ulterior aim is plain: making the art museum a regular haunt instead of a curiosity seen "once every three years," she said More often, the buzz builds by letting folks of all ages and levels of experience come up with their own creations The honeylike substance cools rapidly to a taffy consistency, then is softened up again in a 2200-degree "glory hole" before being manipulated into shapes It also has evolved into a world-renowned laboratory and teaching center The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is experimenting with computer screens that dispense historical context at the touch of a button " Though she needed help with the heavy tongs, Irene Trudgian, 80, was delighted with her white glass flower Artist-led studio classes, or mere half-hour beginner sessions with an instructor, are turning passive scrutiny into passionate immersion Those changes were credited with almost doubling attendance at the nation's 11,000 museums â€â€? one in eight are art museums â€â€? to 850 million visits during the 1990s, he said Instead of vision alone, it seduces all the senses â€â€? smell, touch, hearing â€â€? to make the outing more fun, more thought-provoking org "Our tour group was raving about it Over the last decade, the focus has tightened on getting museum-goers to slow down and engage â€â€? and not necessarily by enchanting them with gizmos The public's endeavors are then stored in individual digital-imaging portfolios It can mean many things, starting with such basics as the addition of pencil and pad for garnering opinions cmog , which introduces visitors as young as 5 to woodworking, ceramics and jewelry smithing "Glass will certainly teach you patience aam-us Its "audio guide" headphones supply narrative or musical accompaniment, such as Claude Debussy piano arrangements in the Impressionism gallery Museum patrons dazzled by the artistry of Venetian goblets or mystified by the mechanics of flame-working, fusing and sandblasting can experience the thrill of molding this magical material themselves â€â€? and take home the proof "It blows the dust off the myth that a museum is a little jewelry box that needs to be kept under lock and key," said Brent Sverdloff of The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln, Mass The Corning museum boasts the world's most comprehensive collection of glass objects, 35,000 items ranging from giant ornamental sculptures to mass-produced soda bottles The Dallas Museum of Art, celebrating its centenary, is attracting apprentices to its weekly "Sketching in the Galleries" forum, which is guided by artists whose works adorn the hallways , boasts an interactive educational center for practicing techniques like watercoloring, collage and printmaking " Combined with interactivity, art museums are striving to be "intellectually accessible to everyone, so you don't necessarily have to have deep education in the subject matter of the museum to understand, appreciate and learn from it," Able said "Now I believe we're beginning to unlock the box to show that it can be both "Until I made my own flower, I had no idea how they shaped it," said Miller, of Eugene, Ore Nearby, 12-year-old Mary Ellen Shoup melted colored glass with a gas-oxygen torch, the drips falling onto a steel rod she twirled slowly to form an exotic bead "For a while, there was the thought that a gallery could not be both contemplative and interactive," she said "It gives people a better understanding, when they look at pieces in the museum, what went into making them," West said The 2-year-old Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tenn Since glass is more than just than a medium for artistic expression, the 53-year-old museum has been refashioned since 1996 to incorporate the history and science of glass "Glass is passionate and it's addictive â€â€? it just becomes more alive to you when you've worked it," said Amy Schwartz, who runs the studio â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: American Association of Museums, www "I walked into this gallery at Cleveland Museum of Art and here are a bunch of 4 and 5 year-olds on the floor with paper and chalk making their own impressionist artwork in a room full of impressionist paintings," said Edward Able, president of the American Association of Museums " Nearby, a small crowd gathered to watch a half-dozen master glassblowers busy at work Art Museums Offer Hands-On Thrills May 7, 4:04 PM EST At a walk-in workshop next to the Corning Museum of Glass, high school teacher Denise Miller pinched and pulled a glob of molten glass with foot-long "tweezers" to create a flower-shaped vase </ p> The Art Institute of Chicago has a "Touch Gallery" where people run their hands over bronze and stone busts coated with a protective wax layer org Corning Museum of Glass, www |
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