I once called DG a c*nt but he forgave me. Americans are more sensitive to that word than Brits or Canadians.
On the opening night of a play at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis when Sir Tyrone Guthrie was the director, a young actress making her debut as a maid tripped and fell on her first exit, causing gasps and laughter from the audience and completely breaking the mood of the scene.
After the show, she was sitting at her dressing table, still mortified, when she saw in the mirror the figure of Sir Tyrone, jacket over his shoulders cape-style, pass across the doorway to her dressing room and disappear.
She froze at the table, holding her breath, hoping against hope he would not return. After a moment she relaxed, only to look up and see Sir Tyrone, again standing in her dressing room doorway, holding his cigarette holder and smiling at her oddly.
"Silly cUnT," Sir Tyrone said to her. "You fell."
And he disappeared again. She went on to become a great actress.
Updated On: 2/4/06 at 12:22 PM