Quote of the Day
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"Tough thing about Broadway is eight shows a week. It's slavery. That needs to be adjusted. It's wrong. Actors work three years straight sometimes with one day off. This exhaustion puts you into depression. Like today [Wednesday] it's two shows. I have to put makeup on, take makeup off. Not like in movies with whole departments to fluff and puff you. In between performances, I have to study with my son, who's taking Bible and guitar. And we're filming this play for the archives. Come 7:30, I have to take another look at the script, get into the mind-set again, then sign autographs, pose for photos with fans and thank them for their attention and for coming. Monday, your one day off, you have to cram in all your meetings and appointments and the rest of your whole life, and hope you can survive on Benadryl. I love what I'm doing. No cameraman's saying, 'Stand here . . . look there.' It's not all done in five-minute takes. Your work has to be inside you. You push beyond your comfort zone. Broadway is an actor's revenge. I couldn't do Broadway again if it's more than five a week. I'd just say no. N-O. Not doing it. I'm not saying it has to be my way. I'm saying they can get somebody else. I always listen. If your point is right, then I will make adjustments. It's not arrogance. It's just that I have to live with me the rest of my life."
- Idiot Terrence Howard, currently starring on Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin Rood
Officially over this whiney spoiled hollywood brat.
He does not deserve to be on broadway then if he cant do the work and take the heat ….
BTW his reviews in the new all black Cat on A Hot Tin Roof are BAD …
maybe that is what is causing his depression. He sucks on stage.
I LOVE ME SOME TERRANCE HOWARD…… BREAK ME OFF A PIECE OF THAT!!
And yet there are people in this country who can't get jobs to save their lives–
Cat on a hot tin rood..never heard of it
What a baby. Make him do real work, and he starts crying.
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That's "Cat on a Hot Tin ROOF," Perez. Your Mac Book should have spell check last time I checked.
Why is he an idiot! that sounds exhausting after 3 yrs.
who the F*CK is that?
he is a father and hello he is human and working everyday is hard. Some people like to spend time with their family and enjoy life.
Perez, I know you disagree with him but he is ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! You wouldn't know unless you go thru it. Almost all Broadway actors feel the same way, they just don't have the courage like Terrance howard to SAY IT!! Depression is a problem Broadway go thru on a regular basis. Finally someone has the nerves to speak out!
if he's so annoyed with the schedule of Broadway why did he sign up? No movie roles coming his way? What a whiny little baby, you don't hear all the major Broadway stars saying stupid shit like this…wa wa wa
3rd! YEEEW
he was in iron man!
Terrance is right, its really demanding to be on B'way. Performs are at their best when they are well rested and relaxed. Eight shows a week is very hard on the body, dancers and actors all have to take are of themselves so that they have a long career. Producers need to treat the performs better! Producers only care about their investors, the performers have to have rights that are protected.
I agree with him completely. Broadway actors are very overworked and many of them underpaid(obviously he's not one of them). That's why people have been striking. They're tired of it.
Sheesh, cry me a fricking river already.
then don't do it. i hate people that complain, especially w/ all the money he has. a lot of actors never make it to broadway even though that may be their dream. others do broadway because they don't have the opportunities you have & just love being able to work as an actor & support themselves. they bust their ass for 8 shows a week because fans who make actors money want to see the star & they realize how lucky they are. i never liked him. yeah he is a good actor & dresses very well but he is so arrogant.
wow, when i wrote my first comment it only had 2 comments
excuse my first comment, i was not 3rd
LOL
Which is it? Hate or like? Seriously, as an actor he is lucky to be working.
sheesh….He went to Broadway knowing how the work load was…Every actor knows that…What a cry baby……..
yikes!
hes a mess.
Whats this asshole complaining about, he has good working conditions and an awesome pay, what about construction workers that work 8 or 12 hours a day in either cold or hot weather, outside… maybe he should try to do that then. God, i hate these Hollywood pussies… there are worse jobs than being in a fucking Broadway show - and they make you put makeup on 3 times… geez! If i was the one who hired him, i'd fire him right this instant, ungrateful moron.
Yes, Broadway is grueling. But it's where you show your salt as an actor. It proves whether you have the stuff to be a REAL actor. There are no cuts and retakes. It's all live; each and every time. Broadway is REAL acting. Suck it up, or shut up and leave.
If he chooses to never d Broadway again, that's his prerogative and he's free to make that decision. At least he knows his limits, and knows what he is willing and unwilling to do. That's a lot more than many other people who over-commit themselves, especially to roles and duties they're not fit for.
Get over yourself! You are so much more special and delicate than the thousands of actors who would give anything and everything to be in the position and the role you are in.
boohoo he has to work 3 hours a day 5 days a week - is he kidding? actors get paid way too much for what they do. there are lots of people who would love his paycheck and would not whine about it. me for one
ARROGANT DICK!!! POOR HIME EARNING ALL THAT $$$$ ON BROADWAY!!!
Totally agree broadway is very demanding.
I don't see whats wrong with his quote, he's just explaining why a long broadway stint is not for him.
Oh come on..so HE HAS LIFE outside broadway and he loves it…that doesn't make him an idiot..So he puts his family above his career…at least he's making an actual effort to avoid his kid being the next nick hogan or any other famous people known for DUI and drug probs
then quit - do you know how many actors wait years if at all to get on broadway- jerk, appreciate what you got!!!!!
And he has to work 2 HOURS A DAY!!! It's not like he's working 6 days 8 hrs. a day! Plus, doing the same show over and over means he doesn't have to use his brain to learn or do anything new. AND he's getting paid mucho dinero! No sympathy for this whining wimp.
Sorry but making thousands of dollars a week is hardly SLAVERY. God. I feel so bad for someone who gets rich doing their dream job. What a fucking douche.
For all of these broadway actors who want to bitch, then go do something ELSE. Try my 24 hour job and fuck u. They make way more money than I do and get way more perks. STFU ! fucking brats.
Stop whining. Sure beats working at the KFC with a nametag! Which is where you'd most likely be if not an actor.
what a stupid fucking n!gger!!!
Speaks profoundly of the LONG AND WELL-KNOWN DIFFERENCE between a "stage actor" and a " Hollywood 'star' ".
Speaks profoundly of the stage actors who've graced the stage over the last 80 years.
Heaven forbid if he ever have to memorize an entire play by Shakespeare. Much less all of them. He is no Lawrence Olivier. Nor is he a Barrymore.
How is he an idiot for being honest? I think Perez is just jealous he can't get a gig on broadway.
F**K you Terrence. Actors dream of working on Broadway and you whine about working form 7pm - 11pm most days? Make up? What an asshole. Go work in a factory 12 hours a day and then a second job on the weekend. F**K your kids bible study you arrogant idiot.
he is a fucking arrogant asshole! Maybe there isn't enough time for you to snort the powder Terrence! There are too many starving Broadway actors who would love to spend one week doing what you are complaining about…but they are running from audition to audition, crashing at friends pads or living in closet sized apartments! Fuck off Terrence! You're an asshole!
Wow. This guy should try getting a real job. How about teachers who teach the same subject five times a day, and then the next day they have to teach a whole new thing five times a day, and the next and the next. And there's no one there writing their material, the teachers write their plans. New script every day. And then on weekends, you get to read and correct what you've been teaching all week, so you can do five new shows the next week. Please!!! BTW anybody who needs to go to the movies or shows to get their emotions worked up needs to get a job where that happens for free. Come into my school, talk to any one of the kids, ask them their story and in five minutes you will have a monthful of emotions that don't have to be manufactured by a playwright. Me? I go to the movies to laugh. If I want drama, I ask my students how their weekend was. Those stories are real and full of sadness. Not some crap that somebody wrote because they were toilet trained too early. Move on, grow up, and this guy needs a new job. Tell him to shut up and go work at Wal Mart.
Perez go screw yourself…theres no reason to be hating on Terrence for speaking his mind.if u don't agree then u don't. no need for name calling, so uncalled for. why don't u go do the work and see how it is, rather than living of the glory of slamming celebrities.
Let my people go! Set me free! I am a free man! Whitey's yoke of slavery ain't got nothin' on me. And of course: "It's hard out here being a Pimp"! Assholes are everywhere, and every color, and still are stupid, and, of course, ungrateful for any thing offered. Dipshit guy who thinks his shit don't stink! Bible class ain't taught this bro nuttin!
Imagine working all those hours and missing time with your family so that you can make minimum wage. He should stop whining and consider himself incredibly lucky to be in the position that he's in.
cry me a fucking River, BITCH. now you know what a real actor does. the pleasure is in GETTING TO TELL THAT STORY EVERY NIGHT. i think they should fire his ass for giving this interview, it will demoralize the whole cast
"Rood" is a word. Just not the right word. This is one of the MOST common and well-known plays of all time. Very embarrassed for you Perez. Obviously you area of expertise is Pop Culture, west of the Mississippi, and beginning in the early nineties.
It's been showing lately.
ROOF?
Send him to Iraq where the Soldiers HAVE NO DAYS OFF!! give me a break!
"Hope you can survive on Benadryl" ??? What does that mean? Benadryl usually knocks a person out with drowsiness, how does one survive on it? What am I not understanding here?
Nonetheless, I don't think he was whining, I think he was saying not all choices are as great as they sound, everything has its price, and he's made the conscious decision that Broadway isn't conducive to his happiness.
Oh..i feel so sorry for him. I live in a part of Texas where it is nothing but industrial. Men here work 7 days a week 10-12 hrs. a day in plants. My grandfather died @ 105, but plowed acres with his mule at 102. Get another line of work…by the way women have to put makeup on everyday and touch it up constantly, so they can represent their company well. Then we go home clean…wash…do homework with kids…cook…etc…etc!
Broadway is VERY grueling……You try to memorize 2 hours worth of lines and songs and positions…then perform 2 times a night…….It looks easy beacuse of the talented actors and actresses!!!
Why is he an idiot? And if he's an idiot… what kind of low life are YOU?
fucking greasy n!gger. its like slavery, how the fuck would he know. lemme guess him granpapy told him when he was a young n!gger whitey make him pick cotton all the days lond. fucking n!ggers. i love em
OMG, What a Hunk! He is sooooo good looking!
Re: lpf1314 – Re: laurie – I'm so fucking sick of niqqers who see a bright-skinned green-eyed african american—and fucking swoon and lay down at their feet. He is average looking, at best.
Sidenote: I read just this morning…I think aol or cnn, the unemployment rate for May rose 5.5, highest in twenty years. Count you blessings! I am sure it is hard, but life is hard. How's the pay in the entertainment field these days?
Re: becca – ya so is being a soldier, fireman, police officer, metal lather, arc welder, tree trimmer. shut your fucking pie hole cunt!
hmm, thats really a shame. i cant imagine how many people would give to work this 'slave' labor. what a priviledged position to bitch and whine about a real dream job…
you know, people who are successful, (in and out of theater) really have to WORK for what they do. i bankers make $$$$, but work basically 24 hours a day. it was his choice to do this.
dont like it? make another movie and loose your credit as a 'real actor'
Please, don't ever hire him again.
I don't care what He says, I will just stare into His beautiful eyes!
Re: sperms – FUCKING DICKHEAD.
Seriously, what a little bitch. This is the kind of self-important, entitled-feeling asshole I can't stand. He thinks he should just be given money on a platter without having to work for it. Try working those same hours at McDonalds and see how you like it then, you fucking lazy bastard.
Perez I think someone is interviewing and He's telling it like it is. What's wrong with that?
Re: sperms –
Why do u have to call him a ni**er for you dumb CRACKER!!! If you can't tell by his skin he's obviously not full black you dumb f**k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go brush you teeth you TRAILOR PARK TRASH!!!
Hey PEREZ.. why dont you do something to block the obvious racism that runs rampant on your forums? This is ridiculous. I understand free speech, but will boycott your site as it seems the norm to drop the N-bomb with no thought of repercussions.
what a moron!! spoiled brat cant handle the work…. thats why people who do theater are real actors, and people who do film are celebrities!! the only good film actors are the ones that have great theater backrounds anyway!! anyway.. his reviews for the show SUCK… what.. is he gonna blame his bad performance on the fact that he's too tired!!!… IDIOT
I am a friggin actor- 2 hours of work a day -4 hrs when Iyou've got 2 shows IS NOT HARD WORK. I worked much harder when I had a job in a damn factory. Much as I love him, he's needs to stop being a whiny bitch.
Seriously, what a moron. I'm sure there are many more talented, unemployed actors that would LOVE to take his job. He should either suck it up and shut up, or quit and go back to his chi-chi, hollywood life, to which he has (obviously) become accustomed.
Re: yanine – AMEN!!!! You have said it best….Thank you for remembering that & shame on us that did not!!!!
Re: caca – Do You kiss Your Mother with That filthy mouth?
as a theatre actor who has done films and hear the film actor complaining, all i can say is: suck it up! you get paid to sit around on your trailer. that is not work! theatre actors work hard and do it because they LOVE IT. you whiny bitch.
Re: sperms –
You need to Go SUCK YOUR MOTHER you dumb racist C*NT I bet you a fat ugly BEAST thats y all that u say is ugly and negative regarding race CAUSE U HAVE NO GOOD QUALITIES ABOUT YOURSELF SO U HAVE NOTHING CONSTRUCTIVE TO SAY BUT PLAY THE RACE CARD GO F**K YOURSELF C**T
Re: sperms – You have serious racism problems!
Re: lala – Lala, you and Perez are completely misinterpreting his statement. This is why Broadway actors have striked in the past, they are overworked and not paid enough for the time they put in. Like any other job, workers need decent time off to recuperate and get back in the game. A Lot of Braodway actors are sick because they rely on pills to stay awake and gain energy, it is not healthy. Not be because they are actors and make more than minimum wage they should be subjected to such work abuse.
WAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa. I want my baba!!! What a baby.
i wonder if he knows how many people would die to be on broadway.. they should break his contract and find someone who would LOVE that part and an opportunity like that.
arrogant asshole
Why do you say ”Idiot Terrence Howard" ??? He has a good point..
Do they (blacks) EVER stop complaining? Their history of accomplishment outside of entertainment and sports is virtually ZERO and those big mouthes of theirs seem to NEVER stop running.
poor thing said its slavery. they should really do something bout that. like maybe only five shows a week so he can have his free time to be a porch monkey
I have never been able to stand this self-hating, whining crybaby. Just another reason to hate him.
ANACHRONISM….
Tennessee Williams did not write "Streetcar" for a black cast.
There's never been a black Polack named Stanley Kowalski.
And no black woman named Blanche DuBois ever lost a fucking plantation named Belle Reve in Mississippi.
Of course reviews are bad…the whole premise is flawed.
Re: nicola – o i am so sorry hes only half a niqqer. whats the other half satine like me. dumb cunt. shut your sperm recepticle
Okay…so he works for three hours a day? on a Matinée day he works what 6 hours a day…welcome to the real world bitch, where most people work 8 hours a day! OMG! Showing up at the theater at 7 or 7:30 and leaving at 10:30/11:00 and getting to do theater with Phylicia Rashad is really a gift. It should be this ungrateful jerks pleasure because obviously it's not the audiences or critics.
Soemthing has to be done about this constant barrage of racism that appears in comments everytime you post about a non white person. Its RIDICULOUS.
WORD! BROADWAY SUCKS, FILMS RULE!
Dude, seriously sort out the racist cunts on here. Its fucking tiresome.
Well, that's the way it works when you work on Broadway and if you don't like it, then don't accept to work there. I am sure there are many actors who would love to trade places with you. So shut up your whiney ass.
I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING HE SAID. HE NEEDS TIME FOR HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY, WHATS WRONG WITH THAT. SPOILED? THIS LAZY ASS PEREZHILTON THAT GAINS HIS FAME OUT OF NO TALENT IS SPOILED.
Re: tectustaceo – You are a racist and You are jealous of the good looking man!
awwwwwww poor millionair!!!! Try puting in 18 straight 12 hour minimum wage shifts at a group home while you get bit and punched all day you asshole!
Re: Jason – You are probably black and self hating you racist fuck. Oh and when your fat mama taught you to worship the swastika at home, it's a shame she didn't teach you SPELLING and PUNCTUATION.
Just what we need. Four years of self-absorbed introspective niqqers thinking they're Hamlet and pining away at taking themselves far, far too seriously.
Put Hussein Obama in the White House and we'll be up to our earlobes in whining, self-aggrandizing, oh!-so-profound, pseudo-intellectual moolies.
Poor baby - welcome to the real world where we all work long days and take care of family and personal matters. He needs a reality check.
WTF? How about all those other actors who are totally qualified (if not even MORE qualified than he is) for that job? I think they would be more deserving and more grateful for the opportunity.
Wow…it must be so hard to have a full day signing autographs, and trying to fit in time for his son's bible study and guitar. I wonder how all those single moms with two jobs do it.
Give the Man a break. Everyone one likes and dislikes Their job Perez!
Any chance of you moderating the racists Perez or shall we all just boycott the fucking site?
Re: sperms – Your father wasted Sperm on You-Racist little man
Re: rza – I agree 100% with You. The racism needs to stop
Re: tectustaceo – Dude seriously LEARN TO SPELL and people might take your racist insane rantings a bit more seriously. Or maybe not. By the way- are you by any chance FAT and SPOTTY and under 21? bahahah!
Poor spoiled star - be happy you have a job!
Re: Jason – Are you Fu**in dumb…what does him saying that have anything to do with his race you moron.How is he complaining he says he lovs doing it firstly and secondly he is doing an interview and was asked A QUESTION SO SHUT THE FUCK UP
oh shut the hell up! he whined about not being recognized as an actor, now he is & he's still whining. broadway shows have always run this way, i'm sure other actors have had to deal with this exhaustion. they just didn't go & whine about it in public…