Hollywood outlier: American actor Elliott Gould focuses the camera on real life

Hollywood outlier: American actor Elliott Gould focuses the camera on real life

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Elliott Gould never sold out. He stayed Jewish. That matters now.

(JNS) — It’s difficult to imagine a face like Elliott Gould’s becoming a matinee idol today. It is angular and brooding, with eyes that have carried a weight beyond their years and a voice that teetered between irony and sincerity. “Acting, for me, was always about truth,” he said in a recent conversation from his home in California. “And the truth is, I never fit in. That’s why I worked.” Gould, 86, doesn’t so much act as inhabit a mood. He was…

Hollywood outlier: Elliott Gould focuses the camera on real life – J-Wire

It’s difficult to imagine a face like Elliott Gould’s becoming a matinee idol today. It is angular and brooding, with eyes that have carried a weight beyond their years and a voice that teetered between irony and sincerity. “Acting, for me, was always about truth,” he said in a recent conversation from his home in […] The post Hollywood outlier: Elliott Gould focuses the camera on real life appeared first on J-Wire.