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Sasha: Yas, you have to join chorus. You know you have the most insane voice ever.
Yasmin: Not a chance. Remember kindergarten? Me, ''Mary Had a LittIe Lamb,'' throw-up, 30 kids screaming? Yeah. I think I'll own journalism instead.
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Jade: [to Cloe after the girls get detention for the food fight] You started it, clumsy!
Cloe: I tripped. Excuse me, Princess Perfect.
Sasha: That is so like you! You've always been the queen of denial.
Jade: You know what? Neither one of you ever thinks anything through. It's always me having to pick up the pieces.
Sasha: That's interesting. We haven't talked in two years ever since you dumped us to be queen of the dorks!
Jade: Me? You haven't spoken to any of us since you went all cheerleader.
[mocking Sasha]
Jade: "I'm not a snob, I'm just better than you are, yeah!"
Jon Voight
Jonathan Vincent Voight (Jon Voight), born on December 29, 1938 in Yonkers, New York, USA, is an American actor, director, and screenwriter.
In 1967, Jonathan Vincent Voight starred in his first film "Duel Dragon and Tiger Mountain". In 1969, Voight starred in the drama " Midnight Cowboy " directed by John Schlesinger , in which he played Joe Buck, a big-eyed pimp who dreamed of making big money in New York.
In 1978, he won the Best Actor Award at The 31st Cannes Film Festival for the movie "Return of Honor"; the following year, he won the 36th American Film and Television Golden Globe Award and the 51st Academy Awards for Best Actor Award for the film
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Early Experience
Jonathan Vincent Voight
was born in New York State, the son of a Czech-American golf fan. He was shy by nature when he was a child, but fell in love with the performing arts, and he was active in student drama when he was in high school and Catholic University.
Performing Experience
In 1967, Voight staged his screen debut, playing a small role as a bandit in the Western film "Duel between Dragon and Tiger" directed by John Sturges, known as the "standard bearer of the new western." . Then he starred in the satire "Frank the Brave". In 1969, Voyt starred in the drama " Midnight Cowboy " directed by Oscar gold director John Schlesinger . In the play, he played Joe Buck, a big-eyed pimp who dreamed of making big money in New York, as a rookie Voy. Specially portrayed the energetic young Buck of Texas to life and became famous overnight. This also quickly brought to the market two of his films shot in the mid-1960s but never released.
Entering the 70s, his film schedule continued. But he refused to accept those films that only focused on youth and appearance. Instead, he chose some challenging roles, such as the army officer in " Catch-22 " directed by Mike Nichols , director of the German Academy Awards., The political activist A in "Revolutionaries", and the selfish Ed Gentry (Ed Gentry) in the 1972 John Boorman adventure thriller "Four Warriors" was the most favored in his early days. One of the roles.
In 1978, Voight portrayed a wounded soldier Luke Martin (Luke Martin) who returned from the battlefield in Vietnam in the war drama "Homecoming" directed by Hal Ashby . Most of the scenes in Voight's films were shot in a wheelchair, but because he had a better grasp of the disability of the character Luke Martin. After ten years of filming, he was awarded the title of film emperor.
Voight is
more committed to various social and political activities, and there is less and less time to make movies. In 1983, his "Family of Five" made him a star at the box office. In 1985, he was in the Soviet director Andrei Konchalovsky directed action adventure epic " Runaway Train played criminals Manny, outstanding performance", access to the 58 th best actor Oscar nomination again. In 1990, "Eternal" was released, and he also served as a screenwriter in the film. This film tells the story of a TV reporter who tried to expose government corruption and fell in love with a model who happened to be the tool of the power he wanted to explode. The film has not been widely released, but its content fully reflects Voith's worldview. After that, he took part in a series of television filming work. In the late 1990s, he first participated in the action thriller "Heat" ("Heat", 1995) directed by Michael Mann . This is a very popular cop action film. The film has an in-depth exploration and exploration of the inner world of the characters. exhibit. Starring by Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Al Pacino and Robert De Niro (Robert De Niro), plus Voight, this film has three Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role joining, no wonder it is so popular. Next, in 1996, Voight and Thomas Cruise Mapother IV co-starred in another blockbuster blockbuster- the action film " Mission: Impossible " directed by Brian Russell De Palma", plays the traitor GM in the play . In 1997, Voight released several influential films in one breath: Luis Llosa 's horror thriller " Anaconda; Anakonda; Анаконда; Anaconda, le prédateur ", the famous director Oliver Stone (Oliver Stone)'s thriller " U-Turn ", David Hogan's action film " Most Wanted ".
In 1998, Voight played the National Security Agency intelligence chief Thomas in the action thriller " Enemy of the State " directed by Tony Scott , co-starring Willard Christopher Smith Jr and Eugene Allen Hackman . This film focuses on the shady scenes of government officials abusing power and corruption, using high-tech techniques to demonstrate endless tracking and anti-tracking to make people's eyes wide open. In 1999, Voight played the stern iron-blooded football coach Bard (Bud) in the feature film "Varsity Blues" ("Varsity Blues") directed by Brian Robbins . This is a film that caters to the tastes of American teenagers. Through the story of a high school American football team, it interprets their joys, sorrows, sorrows and the different concepts of the second generation, reflecting the so-called '', thus winning the favor of the younger generation of movie fans.
In 2001, Voight participated in the shooting of the war film " Pearl Harbor " directed by Michael Bay , and won the role of FDR president from Eugene Allen Hackman . He tried his experience as a president. After that, he collaborated with his daughter Catwoman to launch the action thriller " Simon West" directed by Simon West". The film is adapted from the famous popular computer game ""He played the role of Sir Richard Crawford, the father of Laura Crawford. Then, he performed in the male model comedy " Zoolander " directed by Ben Stiller .
In 2001, Voight played the ace commentator Howard Cosell (Howard Cosell), who has worked with Ali for a long time , in the biopic " Jr. " directed by Michael Mann . Together with Willard Christopher Smith Jr , he played the legendary boxing champion Jr. . 60, fighting on the course of boxing 1970s, these one of the greatest fighters in the history of American sports life path is again on the silver screen. His excellent performance in this film won an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor.
In 2021, he is expected to join the crew of Coppola's unfinished work "Metropolis".
Extended Reading
