James Le Gros, the longtime actor known for his roles in movies such as Drugstore Cowboy and Living in Obilvion joins us this week to talk about the freedom of not knowing what’s next and why it’s important, even after being credited on over 100 TV shows and films, that he still gets nervous. The two also share some of their best stories, including Brian’s first meeting with Pat Riley and the night James attended a dinner party with Werner Herzog. Plus, we run James’ name through the ‘Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon’ generator, discuss why bitterness is the enemy as an artist, and why it’s important to never face the facts.
 
Topics this week: 

Drugstore Cowboy
Living in Oblivion
Justified
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
The People vs. Larry Flynt
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Amadeus
Citizen Kane
The Seventh Seal
Diner
The Last Winter
Harold and Maude
WNYC’s Here’s the Thing with Julianne Moore
Barry Lyndon
Leather Jackets
The Winter of Frankie Machine a novel by Don Winslow
She Needed Me a novel by Walter Kirn
Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade by Walter Kirn
Eyes Wide Shut
Grizzly Man
The White Diamond
The Street Lawyer
South Coast Repertory
A Beautiful Mind
Frost/Nixon
Ally McBeal
Safe
Mildred Pierce
Girls
Tiny Furniture
Where the Day Takes You
Gun Crazy
Johnny Suede
The People Garden
Scotland, PA.

 
People this week: 

Milos Forman
Ruth Gordon
Ralph Moratz
Mario van Peebles
Cary Elwes
Gus Van Sant
Brad Pitt
Martin Scorsese
Robert De Niro
Timothy Treadwell
Russell Crowe
Kerry Bishe
George Clooney
Pat Riley
Tony Robbins
Ron Perlman
Todd Haynes
Kathryn Bigelow
Lena Dunham
Will Smith
Drew Barrymore
Catherine Keener

 
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