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In the Presence of Greatness

November 6th, 2008

I had the privilege of meeting Brian Dennehy a few years ago at Emerson. He was touring with Miller’s Death of a Salesman. I then saw him a few years later in O’Neil’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night. And according to Playbill On-Line, it seems like he’s at it again! Dennehy is starring in a short by O’Neil, Hughie.

I know there are so many flashier actors out there — but it’s his humility, that he’s so salt of the earth, that’s what makes him so great. Watching him, you honestly feel like he’s trying to serve the work. Not his ego, not his wallet.

And I guess that what really makes him so great… He just does what he does, without making a show of doing it.

–Sue

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