I did reach out, and his publicist basically said, "I'll pass your request to Gerrit," but I never heard anything after that.

Yesterday, I Tweeted, "If the Kinks wrote a song about Doug Benson and I, they could call it 'The Harry Dean Stanton Conversation Society.'" As is only appropriate for a fellow HDS survivor, Benson wrote back precisely one word: "Ha."

No, because he was apparently only willing to do it via email, which kind of kills the whole "they don't know what roles we're going to ask about" thing. 

Wait 'til next Thursday.

I tried to get Saxon for Random Roles, too. He was here in my neck of the woods for the Williamsburg Film Festival a couple of years ago, so I was psyched about doing it in person, but his wife - not him, but his wife - wouldn't agree to it. I still don't know why. Very odd. But I did end up getting a picture with…

I think that ship sailed the moment this interview went live. It's pretty clear that the phrase "like pulling teeth" was created for conversations like this.

Ha! Would that I had the money to afford an assistant!

By the way, I couldn't really put it in the interview, but when we wrapped after Straight Time, I said, "Given that you were in the Navy during WWII, did you ever pass through Norfolk?" He said, "Yeah, I caught my first ship there." I said, "Well, I'm actually talking to you from just around the corner from where you…

In fairness, the only reason it feels like All His Roles is because I had a half hour and wanted to make the most of it. Who knew his responses would be such that I'd go through virtually everything on what I thought was an overlong list? (I do have to say, though, that this doesn't come anywhere close to being all…

At that point, I really was just, like, "I don't know what else to say." My usual methodology with Random Roles interviews is to let the actor take the lead, and then once they've given even a token answer, it gives me a direction in which to head if I feel like it needs an expansion. But where do you go when someone…

The last time I requested a merit badge, for your perusal:

His actual word was "him." Just for the record.

I have tried for M. Emmet Walsh, and I literally pleaded, but it is a no-go. He appreciates that I want to talk to him, but he just doesn't enjoy doing interviews, and even a career retrospective like this wasn't enough to sway him.

@avclub-e38d7d01bb3addc2e58724fe04de73e8:disqus I literally just tweeted out that, as much of an honor as it was to talk to him, I feel like I deserve a merit badge. If it had been anyone else, I'd argue that it'd barely be printable. But you can't say that it doesn't perfectly encapsulate what you'd expect from Harry…

Or look at this picture here: http://blog.bullz-eye.com/2…

Yeah, the series has developed a trend where the second episode of the season is better than the season premiere, but if there had been a little more to the Brick storyline, I probably would've given it the full A. I thought it was extremely strong.

I had not. But I have just Tweeted it out and given you due credit. Thanks!

No, but you can literally buy a used copy on Amazon for a penny (plus postage), and I promise it's worth at least that much. :-)

I freaking love Robbie Williams, and I have ever since I discovered that his first (U.S.) album featured a collaboration with Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy)…and what a great collaboration it is:

@avclub-1760752917b4b3d24241f6df8ea66977:disqusI'm kind of with djp141: my first thought was, "Um, is it me, or did Frankie get hotter over the summer?" But I didn't really think about it any deeper than that, so it didn't occur to me that she'd had work done, only that she looked hotter. So, basically, it's guys like…