pondering fame

Isn't this a gorgeous bunch?




Yes, they are all well known actors...
yes, they've done some wonderful work, but one doesn't hear a lot about them.



Have you seen The Professional?



Leon? It is, in my mind, Natalie Portman at her best.



Have you seen the investment commercials Dennis Hopper is doing?
I like them. Look at his face. He's wonderful. I looked him up. Did you know he's made HUNDREDS of films? He's been working for decades.



I like Robert Carlyle's work too. And he's never on the covers of magazines.



Mr. Tuturro peeks his head up into the world of glitz every now and then, but mostly he just does very fine work without ever appearing on Entertainment Tonight.



Franke Potente has been in some of the biggest movies in the world and I have no idea what her personal life is like. I find that refreshing.

I like this bunch. Quietly going about their work. Doing their work well. Not stuffing their personal lives down our throats.
I'm wondering if the lot of them is available for dinner next weekend.