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Tennessee Williams on Jessica Lange

Interview with James Grissom New Orleans 1982

“I'm intrigued by Jessica Lange. I like her relationship with words, which she holds in her mind and in her mouth as if they were either the most delectable sweet or a particularly noxious substance that she cannot wait to propel toward her audience or an adversary. She is a masticating actress, I suppose, thinking all the time, the brain working, the mouth set in particular ways, the inhalation that precedes action. I think good things await her, and I don't think she is merely a pretty new thing. She has a strong presence that is bolstered by the sense that she knows more than she is revealing: She's got the goods on almost everyone, but she's withholding, and this makes her terribly appealing. It makes her dangerous, and I like a dangerous actress. She seems unafraid, except perhaps of time, because the mind is racing, getting to a conclusion or an effect or the truth terribly fast. This indicates that she is intelligent, and you can do a lot with a smart actress. I would ask you to watch her.”—Tennessee Williams

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by Anonymousreply 6June 6, 2023 1:20 PM

below is the june 2023 New Yorker article where James Grissom veracity is questioned

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by Anonymousreply 1June 6, 2023 1:21 AM

Grissom is full of shit. Most of those interviews are fan fiction.

by Anonymousreply 2June 6, 2023 1:27 AM

Wow. If I got a review like that from Tennessee Williams, I would weep with joy. Wonder how she felt about it.

by Anonymousreply 3June 6, 2023 3:29 AM

Knotty pine!?

by Anonymousreply 4June 6, 2023 3:31 AM

But was Jessica a WOMAN OF THE FOG?

by Anonymousreply 5June 6, 2023 4:55 AM

Grissom posted interactions with Lois Smith and Frances Sternhagen's son (she seems to be in a bad way) confirming their decades long relationship with him and his connection to Tennessee. Would be a hell of a ruse to come up with an entire book and cultivate relationships with all of these women based on nothing. I believe him.

by Anonymousreply 6June 6, 2023 1:20 PM
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