On Sep 17, 1:47 pm, Blair Leatherwood    
   wrote:   
   > Joe Chicago wrote:   
   > > I just listened to Jerry Doyle's 9/10 program, and he asserted --   
   > > quite seriously -- that Michael O'hare was delusional during his time   
   > > on Bab 5.  Claims that he would read the script cover to cover   
   > > (instead of the usual actor's approach of paying attention only to his   
   > > own lines), and then go to "the producers and the writers" and say   
   > > "I've got the script; all i need now is the code."  Doyle: "Guy was   
   > > completely nuts"  and that is why he did not work after the first   
   > > season.   
   >   
   > > has anybody heard anything like that?  It is notable that IMDB lists   
   > > almost no work at all for O'Hare after Bab 5.   
   >   
   > Interesting.  However, I do take exception to your statement that actors   
   > only look at their own lines--bad actors may do that, but not anyone   
   > with any respect for themselves, the profession, or the writers.   
   It depends on the working context. A leading actor on a one-hour   
   weekly TV series may not have time to spend on other people's lines.   
   And an older actor doing a major role in a play may have enough   
   problems learning his own. (When I was Gloucester in "King Lear" a few   
   years back, the Lear and I were given our scripts months before the   
   other roles were even auditioned.) When I was 15, after two weeks of   
   rehearsal, I would know everyone's lines without trying; a half   
   century later, it's not so easy.   
   You need to know your cues, of course, and should have at least a   
   general notion of what the other actors are saying in scenes you're   
   in, so you can cover for a cock-up. On the other hand, you may want to   
   deliberately skip over things your character doesn't know.   
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