Jack Palance was an effortlessly cool kind of an actor. He could convey an imposing presence simply by hanging around and doing stuff. There was something magnetic about him that his every turn count.
Case in point - this fragment from "On the road with Sammy and Elaine" where Jack Palance simply reminesces on his life.
He starts his monologue in the corn field talking about his early years on the farm subtly comparing the craft of farming with an actor's craft with the difference being that farmer don't need to look anything special, while actors need to have that certain panache and arrange networking lunches with the press and stuff.
He then tells one story from 1955. He was having a lunch at Warner Brothers restaurant in Burbank with a comedy actor Gig Young and the other actor whose name was James Dean (who was working on a "Rebel without a Cause" at that time).
Jack ordered the meal of the day which was corn and potatoes and chicken. Gig ordered an overly complicated sandwich and double martini. James Dean made a spectacle out of his order - he crossed and uncrossed his legs a couple of times, played a melody on his lips, looked at the ceiling for three minutes and then simply ordered a hamburger.
Then two women came in - one of them was Jayne Mansfield and the other was Pierre Angeli. Jayne had ordered a sandwich and a cup of coffee, while Pierre, who was on the diet at that time, ordered some fruit.
And so, these five actors were sitting together at one table, feeling slightly awkward and stranger to each other. As it turned out a bit later - four of them died tragically at a young age. And all Jack was left to do afterwards is to tell about this little absolutely inconsequential episode from his life while walking through a corn field.
It is funny how this little story resonates on the ground level. We all have moments like this, that doesn't mean a thing but just remain for one reason or another.
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