adam pascal interview from playbill
adam pascal interview from playbill
#0adam pascal interview from playbill
Posted: 9/25/05 at 12:42am
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/95303.html
#1re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 12:43am
!!!!!!
I thought this was news on a project, but I take what I can get. *reads!* (They accent the wrong syllable in the pronounciation of his name, though...)
#2re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 12:44am
love the picture
"I can't make a living doing theatre"
near the end
dont principals make A LOT??
more in a week than i make in a year?
#3re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 12:48am
Depends. But truthfully, you can't make a living JUST doing theatre, as a rule of thumb.
*keeps reading*
#4re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 12:49am
I'd be really proud to call myself an actor. 
Sigh. This made my night -- I love you, Adam. Come back soon. We miss you.
ontheskyway
Stand-by Joined: 9/16/05
#5re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 12:58am
Aw, this article made me smile. I liked the part about how much he admired Anthony Rapp.
"I've become a little disillusioned with what's happening in the theatre—just in the material that's been offered to me. I wish there was material that I responded to more.
This sort of clears up his "controversial" comment debated upon a while back..
This is my first post here, btw, so hello :)
#6re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 1:00amYay Adam! ^_^ I don't know if I like that picture or not though...
#7re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 1:00am
Maybe this will garner a few less slams.
Welcome, by the way!
Now I can go to bed with a big, goofy smile on my face. (And pray that he'll make a random surprise appearance at the flea market tomorrow? psh. right.)
#8re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 1:01amit would be a good publicity stunt for the soundtrack release
#9re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 1:01am
I'd probably stop breathing for a second.
.... I don't do "surprises" very well.
Chloe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/04
#10re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 1:05am
Here are some of the highlights for me:
I first interviewed Pascal in 1996, when he was a Tony nominee for Rent. At that time, he said what he liked best about his character was that "Roger gets to scream and yell a lot. [Laughs] He's a likeable guy, but he's a real dark, gloomy guy. He has so much passion and fire about him." Reminding him of the quote makes Pascal laugh. "That sounds like me back then. I wasn't an actor, and I didn't want to be considered one. It took many years for me to embrace it as a craft....
"It's not only because the show flies by like a locomotive, but also because I approached [the role] as a singer. I responded to highs and lows in the music. My performance worked because I went on raw emotions. When the music moved me to cry, I cried. I approached it more as an acting role in the movie.
"I wanted the character to seem different to those people who had seen me on the stage. I wanted him to look different. That's why my hair is long. Instead of the pseudo-punk rocker that Roger looked like in the show, he's much more a Springsteen-esque type of character. My hair was long [when filming was about to start] and Chris [Columbus] and I agreed to keep it that way. I now have a short, generic, actor-boy haircut. [Laughs]"...
Nine years ago, I asked Pascal if he should win the Tony [Nathan Lane won for Forum], whom he'd like to thank? He replied, "Of course, Jonathan, but that's obvious," and added, "I would thank Anthony Rapp." Today, that sentiment remains. "Anthony's generosity of spirit helped me so much. Jesse Martin and [stage director] Michael Greif helped me, too, but Anthony and I worked so closely together. We had so much to do together, and he had so much experience.
"Anthony helped me in the film, as well. I look up to him in so many ways on a personal level. He's all the things that, as a person, I wish I could be. He's much more forgiving, much more giving, much more optimistic. His vision of the world is better than mine. We're polar opposites. I think the way I am causes me internal grief that I wouldn't have if I was more like Anthony."...
#11re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 1:05am
He looks great in a suit. Spank. That's the best picture of him I've ever seen.
EDIT: I like the article, too.
Updated On: 9/25/05 at 01:05 AM
#12re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 1:05am
Awwwwwe, this was a great interview. That CERTAINLY cleared up the controversial comment.
That made my day.
#13re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 1:06am
He really gushed about Anthony and sent my inner slashy fangirl a-squeeing! *sings* (I knew it, I knew it, Adam and Anthony are destiny) *ducks from the barrage of thrown objects as a response to that sentence*
*sighs* Adam, please return to Broadway. I want to see him onstage so bad!
*claps madly* Yep, I love Adam. I join the millions of fangirls and offically admit it here and now.
I EFFIN' LOVE ADAM PASCAL!
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
#14re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 1:06am
My "Adam looks bad in a suit" theory has just TOTALLY fallen through.
*bounce*
amasis
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/7/04
#15re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 2:39am
I wasn't even aware that you had this theory, Em.
That was a great interview.
#16re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 2:43amAdam looks hot. I'm still working my way through the interview, but the picture was good. He looks all grown up.
Wanting life but never knowing how
TennesseeTwang
Broadway Star Joined: 6/26/05
#19re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 8:20am
amasis, I have lots of "theories."
This is the only other time in recent memory that I've seen him in a suit, and he just looked.... restricted and funny.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#20re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 9:22am
What a great article! *sigh* I can't wait for this movie!
"Roger gets to scream and yell a lot."
That's my favorite. Great grasp on the character, Adam (yes, that was sarcasm).
#21re: adam!!
Posted: 9/25/05 at 9:24am
But screaming is what Adam does best.
See, he knows his strengths! 
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