That was a great moment - and could only be spontaneous. I had a similar reaction as Doug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJmhsJ5T5L0 On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:39 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I can point to that interview with Stephanopoulos as the moment that I > fell completely in love with Lawrence. Nicholson tapped her on the shoulder > to speak his congratulations to her, and she endearingly acted like a giddy > school girl as she spoke to one of her apparently heroes. As he was > finally walking away, he yelled "You look like an old girlfriend of mine" > and J-Law had the presence of mind to switch into bawdy mode without > missing a beat, and shouted back "do I look like a *new* girlfriend?" and > then turned and squealed at Stephanopoulos like a 14-year-old girl. > > I laughed out loud, first time I saw the exchange, and thought "that > girl's gonna do all right." > > Doug Fields > Tampa, FL > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J-Law And Dave > From: Joe Hass <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, November 20, 2014 1:24 pm > To: [email protected] > > First, my apologies for being unclear on this (and I realized it when I > was standing in the Costco parking lot last night). I wasn't matching up > Lohan and Lawrence as actresses. Rather I was matching them as David > Letterman guests. My apologies. > > Here is my extent of actual experience with Ms Lawrence's career: when > Jack Nicholson interrupted her interview with George Stephanopoulos after > winning the Oscar, and her interviews with Dave. She may be a lousy, lousy > actress, but she's an incredible guest, and Dave goes into a rare mode with > her that, as Tom noted, is at the Hunt/Garr level. > > I know we all have our different modes for different situations. If she's > fundamentally different than this, then as Mr Bowie noted she's a helluva > actress. > > On Wed Nov 19 2014 at 10:35:29 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I like Lawrence a lot - I take Joe's point, except I never wanted or >> expected much from Lohan, even when she was a kid. Silver Linings was >> way over hyped, and not a particularly good portrayal of Bi-Polar Disorder, >> but I did not hate it - and I quite liked American Hustle. >> >> But the point here is not how great Lawrence is as an actress, but how >> good a guest she is on talk shows, particularly with Dave. My daughter is a >> huge fan of Miss Stewart, and for all I know she is a superior actress (I >> have never seen her work) and human being; but she is just a horrible, >> horrible talk show guest. Now that is not the worst thing you can say about >> somebody - probably most of the very good people on the planet would be bad >> talk show guests. But if the topic is "good talk show guests", I think by >> any standard, Lawrence will be rated very high, and Stewart very low. >> >> Lawrence reminds me of George Clooney (when he was doing interviews). A >> regular person, humble persona which clearly is very intentionally crafted >> and worn as a mask. I don't mind that - it is a likable mask, and these >> people have so many demands on them that you don't really expect them to be >> "themselves" (whatever that means) in their 100th interview of the tour. >> >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:11 PM, 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Can I be a dissenting voice here? Personally, I can't stand Lawrence, >>>> and find her as phony as Monopoly money. In a weird discovery for me, I >>>> heard Kristen Stewart with Leonard Lopate a couple of weeks ago and >>>> thought she's exactly what Lawrence puts on the pretense of being: Someone >>>> who honestly doesn't give a rat's ass about "stardom" and who is far more >>>> interested in doing interesting projects and then going away and living >>>> (what sounded like) a real life among actual people until she comes across >>>> something she thinks is worthwhile. Before this interview, I had no >>>> interest in Stewart at all, marking her as "that Twilight girl," but I >>>> found her to be interesting, funny, and savvy. Lawrence always strikes me >>>> as Acting Too Hard at being "quirky" and "normal" and comes across as >>>> anything but for me. >>>> >>>> If nothing else, she owes me Big Time for both "Silver Linings >>>> Playbook" and "American Hustle." >>>> >>> >>> I agree about Silver Linings Playbook and have no plans to see American >>> Hustle. >>> >>> I don't care what Lawrence is like off camera or whether her >>> indifference to stardom is contrived or authentic. For obvious reasons the >>> Late Show is going to bend over backwards to bring on popular young >>> actresses and Lawrence knows how to come with energy and playfulness. Her >>> peers are all stiffs on the LS. >>> >> > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... 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