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Josh Brolin
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This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Josh Brolin
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Why Rank Josh Brolin Among Miramax's Worst Auditioners?
Josh Brolin says he was horrible at auditioning, and not only at the start. Merrill Poster, third in charge at Miramax, said it publicly while Miramax was still going: the worst auditioners they ever experienced in Miramax history were Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin.
Pictures of him in the Goonies still fascinate Josh Brolin, because the movie never should have happened. He had missed 36 out of 56 days of school, fought with his mom, and she kicked him out of the house in Santa Barbara. He slept on the couch at his dad's LA apartment, where his dad lived with a girlfriend. His dad was an actor, so Josh Brolin tried acting and martial arts, went on many auditions, and heard versions of you
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Why Did Anthony Hopkins Tell Josh Brolin an Alcoholic's Motor Is a Good Thing?
Josh Brolin says a story Anthony Hopkins told him shifted something. Hopkins wears his sobriety proudly and asked how great it is to be the way they are. He meant they are alcoholic, angry, edgy, and dark. Josh Brolin had always perceived that as shitty.
Hopkins said no. Given no direction and no tools, they create more harm and hurt than most people. Given a few tools, they can have a bigger impact than most people, because they have the drive and the motor of alcoholics.
Josh Brolin agreed. The words came from an 80 year old man.
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Did Someone Steal Josh Brolin's Apartment Balcony Again?
Josh Brolin says his mom kept a dictionary in the house, and it was the one thing. Every now and then a word had to be looked up, and that was the education. Keeping the dictionary was like doing the job of a parent.
The apartment was sinking. Someone had stolen the balcony again, and everything was a nightmare. Sleep did not come at night because of crying. Wetting the bed or crying meant some liquid was always leaving the body because it did not want to be involved anymore. It wanted out of the prison. The answer to having to stay was a refusal.
People stole the balcony. Josh Brolin says they talk about the stolen balcony a lot.