Alan Shayne detailed his encounters with Marlon Brando, Lena Horne, Eva Gabor, Dolores Del Rio and others in his new memoir, 'The Star Dressing Room: Portrait of an Actor.'
Alan Shayne, who retired as president of Warner Bros. Television in 1986, wrote about his time as a young actor in a new book,"The Star Dressing Room: Portrait of an Actor."
"Look, he was impossible to work with," the 97-year-old said."But he was so remarkable early on that you couldn’t help but think, ‘God, what a great actor he would be.’ I remember he did an improvisation of peeling an apple. And he made it seem that there was an apple there. "I kept thinking she looked like someone who would have so many fascinating things to say – if you could only get her to talk," he shared."And, finally, when I did that play with her, I did get her to talk to me a lot. And it was incredibly boring. It was all about her face and beauty, not about her inside. So, she was just a nice woman with a gorgeous face."Shayne claimed Maureen Stapleton was eager to befriend him for an unusual reason.
"You couldn’t be upset by that because she was very truthful," Shayne chuckled."She was always honest about everything. She unfortunately drove a lot of people mad because she was a very strong alcoholic. She always had a mission. Most of the time, it was to get drunk, but if it wasn’t to get drunk it was to find a guy I guess. … She was hardly one of the most beautiful people of her age, but people loved her. She was wonderful.
"I remember I went to see her in a play, and she greeted me very coldly," Shayne claimed."She said, ‘Why didn’t you ever give me a job? You never call me to do one of your soap operas or one of your shows.’ It was a shocking experience. And it was very depressing because we had a very, very good relationship. Lena changed a great deal from the time that I knew her in ‘Jamaica.’ She became much more political and much angrier. And I think that changed some of her relationships.
"I think the most wonderful actress I’ve ever known was Katharine Hepburn," he explained."She was truly an original. There was nothing artificial about her. You can talk about people. Katharine was a success too, but she wasn’t a showoff. She was always trying to be a better actress.
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