What a shame a man like this dies at 57. I never quite knew if I liked his acting or not, tho' I did like some of the films. I had the feeling that he'd have been the type of actor who might have done some of his best stuff as an older guy.
RIP.
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Patrick Swayze bows out
"Winston, if you were my husband I'd give you poison" ................ "Madam, if you were my wife I would drink it!"
"Terrorism is war by the poor, and war is terrorism by the rich"
"A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well."
"The opposite of pro-life isn't pro-death. Y'know?"
"What if the Hokey Cokey really is what its all about?"
"Terrorism is war by the poor, and war is terrorism by the rich"
"A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well."
"The opposite of pro-life isn't pro-death. Y'know?"
"What if the Hokey Cokey really is what its all about?"
Not a great actor, but I do love, Red Dawn, Road House and Point Break. Definately an icon for my generation.
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Ditto to all that's been said.
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You may want to Youtube his interview with Barbara Walters. They played a few clips on the radio this morning. From what I heard he didn’t whine or slather on the self-pity. Sounds like he was in that mature place of reluctant acceptance.
He fought the good fight (I am sure his money helped but Pancreatic cancer pretty much "don’t lose".) NOt a fan of all his work but I will continue to watch Roadhouse … every … single … time … it is on. Point Break was good and his SNL skit with the late Chris Farley was a classic. RIP Dalton. If heaven has a sense of humor Swayze’s urinal will have a sign above it that says “don’t eat the white mint” (or whatever the exact Wade Garrett line was. Cail will know.
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You may want to Youtube his interview with Barbara Walters. They played a few clips on the radio this morning. From what I heard he didn’t whine or slather on the self-pity. Sounds like he was in that mature place of reluctant acceptance.
He fought the good fight (I am sure his money helped but Pancreatic cancer pretty much "don’t lose".) NOt a fan of all his work but I will continue to watch Roadhouse … every … single … time … it is on. Point Break was good and his SNL skit with the late Chris Farley was a classic. RIP Dalton. If heaven has a sense of humor Swayze’s urinal will have a sign above it that says “don’t eat the white mint” (or whatever the exact Wade Garrett line was. Cail will know.
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I just watched Point Break the other day. He was in great physical condition - I guess he was 39 or 40 at the time. Looked more like in his late 20s.
RIP.
RIP.
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Swayze.
Was good in Darko, Road House, Dirty D. Very good in Point Break. Don't know what Beast was all about...seemed to miss the mark there.
Hope he's up n' not down.
Was good in Darko, Road House, Dirty D. Very good in Point Break. Don't know what Beast was all about...seemed to miss the mark there.
Hope he's up n' not down.
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"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge." - Tony Block, Planet Terror
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"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge." - Tony Block, Planet Terror
Sad to see another entertainer gone already. He wasn't the best actor, but, he was consistently entertaining, and had a wide range of characters (Still can't get the "To Wong Foo..." character out of my mind's eye everytime I see him in another role)
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Remember, everytime you drag someone through the mud, you're down in the mud with them
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...
It's about learning to dance in the rain
Where are we going...and... WHY are we in a handbasket?
Remember, everytime you drag someone through the mud, you're down in the mud with them
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...
It's about learning to dance in the rain
Where are we going...and... WHY are we in a handbasket?
/wave
bye patrick! thanks! keep dancing!!!
i've had the time of my life
(the man was graceful in both body and soul)
bye patrick! thanks! keep dancing!!!
i've had the time of my life
(the man was graceful in both body and soul)
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
Best. Tribute. Ever.
5 things you didn't know about the Swayzinator.
A man so seductive that when he tells Jewish parents, "I want to make it with your daughter in public," the mother restrains the father saying, "I want to watch this!"
5 things you didn't know about the Swayzinator.
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That is superb!Cail wrote:Best. Tribute. Ever.
My favourite quote in there:
"Pain Don't Hurt"
OK it doesn't make a lick of sense, but let's see you do better when trying to impress a hot, blond doctor with a ponytail and a staple gun. Swayze was pulling a man out of a burning building without even a shirt, never mind any pussy protective gear (making him cooler than firefighters, the top female fantasy before Swayzification), catching a speeding motorbike on foot (cooler than: the T1000, which fell off the car it was chasing), kicking the pistol out of gunman's hand in the manner self-defense experts tell you is impossible (cooler than: every self-defense expert) and ripping a violent killer's goddamn throat out (cooler than: that pussy Dracula who only targets sleeping women). In the same fight his enemy gets his leg caught in a tree allowing Patrick to kick him in the balls, aka "Swayze is so badass Mother Nature herself helps him deliver epic nut-shots."
Swayze made a good impression when he came to our city back in '02. Farewell, sir! You were a class act.
Patrick Swayze remembered by crew of 'One Last Dance,' filmed in Wpg
By Steve Lambert (CP) – 1 day ago
WINNIPEG — Patrick Swayze was 50 when he filmed the movie "One Last Dance," about a fictional New York dance company, in Winnipeg in 2002. Over several months, he kept pace with dancers roughly half his age, and displayed a caring personality that belied Hollywood star stereotypes, says a member of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
"He always asked us how we were doing, because the shooting went till 1 or 2 o'clock at night, so the first priority was always the dancers - if we were OK," the ballet company's Yosuke Mino said Tuesday, one day after Swayze's death following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
"To me, Patrick Swayze is still the Patrick Swayze that I danced with, so it's still hard for me to believe he's passed away."
"One Last Dance" was based on a play written a decade earlier by Swayze's wife, Lisa Niemi, who also directed and starred in the film. It is not nearly as well-known as "Dirty Dancing" and other Swayze projects, but "One Last Dance" meant a lot to the actor, said Phyllis Laing, whose Winnipeg-based company Buffalo Gal Pictures co-produced the film.
"Patrick and Lisa were very passionate about dance, and it was a film they had been dreaming about doing for a number of years," said Laing. "He is very down-to-earth. He is truly a family guy."
The film required Swayze to learn contemporary dance moves that were very different from the steps in "Dirty Dancing." He adapted quickly, learning steps from ballet members, said Mino.
"He did really, really well," Mino said. "He was actually inspiring for us to be around. ... The only thing I had to do was dance, but for him, to learn the choreography and the lines was quite a bit of work, but he's amazing."
Winnipeg's infamous cold weather didn't faze Swayze.
"It was a beautiful thing," Swayze said during a 2005 interview while promoting the film. "For anyone with injuries, all you had to do was lay in the snow to take the swelling down."
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The second greatest tribure ever.
Between the years of 1984 to 1986, the farm belt went ahead and replaced all crop-generating fields with dick measuring stations because America could live entirely on Red Dawn.
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