It’s a good interview in the LA Times – here is an excerpt about Russell, and a picture!
Thanks to the strict physical regimen he implemented to portray Jor-El, Superman’s father, in director Zack Snyder’s upcoming “Man of Steel,” Russell Crowe appears slimmed down and buffed up in “Broken City.” He emanates a kind of purring Teflon malevolence as prime manipulator of New York’s corridors of power. “Challenging — not difficult,” is how Hughes describes the notoriously mercurial Crowe’s on-set mien.
” purring teflon malevolence “….certainly brings up an image doesn’t it??
His wonderful gifts of music, acting, being a strong, but yet a loving and caring man who loves life and living ….keeps my heart and body moving, and an old and stagnant life interesting. He has inspired me to write – a wonderful outlet for me, a physically ailing soul that adores the art of acting and music. Having once been a known and acclaimed actress in stage, beginning TV and radio I can truly say I should have followed my dream to the end and not listened to the rules of family and society -