Compelling People — Interesting Lives
Monday
June 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Melissa Parker, Posted in Interviews Authors
A multiple Tony, Emmy, Obie and Drama Desk Award winner, 69 year-old Swoosie Kurtz is a Broadway icon whose work also includes the films Liar, Liar, Dangerous Liaisons, Citizen Ruth and the television hits Sisters, Pushing Daisies and Mike & Molly.
Read more on Swoosie Kurtz Interview: "There Were No Rules, No Punishments, No Sort of Boundaries"…
Thursday
June 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Melissa Parker, Posted in Interviews Athletes
Edward Nathan George, Jr. (Eddie George) is a Heisman Trophy winner (Ohio State University, 1995) and former running back in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons with the Tennessee Titans and the Dallas Cowboys. He was second in Ohio State history in career rushing yards (3,768) and third in rishing touchdowns (44). In the NFL, George is only the second running back to rush for 10,000 yards while never missing a start. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011 and the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame (2014).
Tuesday
June 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Melissa Parker, Posted in Interviews Authors
Jonathan Alter is an award-winning author, reporter, columnist and television commentator. He is the author of three New York Times bestsellers: The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope (2006), The Promise: President Obama, Year One (2010) and his latest, The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies, released June 4, 2013 and in paperback May 3, 2014.
Read more on Jonathan Alter Interview: Inside the Mind of a Veteran Journalist…
Friday
May 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Melissa Parker, Posted in Interviews Actors
Kelly McGillis studied acting at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts after graduation from high school and later was accepted by the drama department of the Juilliard School in New York. She was discovered by Robert Ellis Miller who cast her in his film Reuben, Reuben as Tom Courtney’s love interest. Shortly thereafter, McGillis appeared on stage in the world premiere of Garson Kanin’s play Peccadillo opposite Christopher Plummer and Glynnis Jones. Other live stage performances include The Graduate, The Little Foxes and Frankie and Johnny.
Read more on Kelly McGillis Interview: "I Laughed When They Asked Me to Do This Amish Role"…
