Everett Quinton

Go Big or Go Bust: Day 235 (on our photo shoot with Everett Quinton, Jay Patterson, Janet Perr, Larry Bercow and Nika De Carlo)

We did a promotional photo shoot today with a group so creative, so focused on the work and so completely unhinged that when Mr. Green stopped in to make himself a quick sandwich, he feared a fist fight was about to break out in the living room.  The effort was to further the 'Go Big or Go Bust' agenda and I am blasted with tiredness.  Here are some shots from lunch:

L to R the incomparable Jay Patterson, the man of the hour Everett Quinton and the lovely triple threat Nika De Carlo

L to R the incomparable Jay Patterson, the man of the hour Everett Quinton and the lovely triple threat Nika De Carlo

Ironic (or tricky) that the super talented and very generous photographer Larry Bercow was sitting in a way that I couldn't get a good picture of him. 

Ironic (or tricky) that the super talented and very generous photographer Larry Bercow was sitting in a way that I couldn't get a good picture of him. 

L to R Nika De Carlo with the legendary Art Director Janet Perr whose album package for Cyndi Lauper's 'GIrls Just Wanna Have Fun' won a Grammy.

L to R Nika De Carlo with the legendary Art Director Janet Perr whose album package for Cyndi Lauper's 'GIrls Just Wanna Have Fun' won a Grammy.

Then, like normal people taking care of themselves (not), Mr. Green and I jumped in the car and fought our way through bumper to bumper traffic all the way up to the George Washington Bridge.  Just for fun, we continued north for another four hours.  But who's counting. 

Go Big or Go Bust: Day 231 (on Everett Quinton, Amy Winehouse, Drop Dead Perfect and success)

Mr. Green and I went to see AMY tonight, the documentary about Amy Winehouse and a sobering meditation on the perils of success and media attention in this day and age.

It’s interesting to find myself in the situation of needing and wanting exactly this double-edged sword of success, the very thing which makes it possible to raise money and greenlight projects but which can apparently become a curse.  

Maybe I’m deluding myself, but I’d like to think that my thirty odd years in the trenches have sufficiently grounded me so that I would weather whatever storms success might bring.  

And then, I happened on wonderful news of a fresh success for someone who has known well-deserved success for decades and wears it well:

Everett Quinton in The Louise Log #41                  Photo by Karen Sanderson

Everett Quinton in The Louise Log #41                  Photo by Karen Sanderson

Everett Quinton, the delightfully difficult father-in-law to Louise in Season 3, is killing it Off-Broadway.  Not only did The New York Times name Drop Dead Perfect a Critic’s Pick, they singled out its star and gave credit where credit is due:

Thank you Everett for showing us all that a person can continue to be a stellar, generous and sane human being in spite of having his (her) name in lights.  I can’t wait to see you in this.  Congratulations!!

Go Big or Go Bust: Day 196 (Neither rain nor thunder nor crickets... with Everett Quinton and Marie Christine)

Another day killing it here with this highlights reel.  Three thunderstorms and a cricket (who in the meantime has moved in his whole darn extended family) have made it challenging to do the voice-over...  BUT.  We persisted and the reel is practically ready for sound editing!  I'll be splitting the tracks in the morning.

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In gratitude for your patience, here's a screengrab from the highlights reel featuring the father-in-law everyone wants, Ethelred Black, brought to life by the brilliant and irrepressible Everett Quinton.  Behind him is the lovely (beleaguered) director of the Tarzan and Jungle Girl movie, Marie Christine Katz.