Although Burton is "very fragile and looks surprisingly sensitive" (reporter's words), his mind is particularly delicate, and his mind is very serious, but his disgust is basically limited to himself, and he has never been interested in others or in art. There will be feelings of jealousy. Even if this person is a competitor in his career, or even defeats him in the battle for the Oscar winner, his reaction is only self-deprecating, and there will never be any jealousy or anger.
In 1964 he performed "Hamlet" on Broadway in New York, which was unprecedented. At the same time, however, another theatrical actor whose status and fame were not as good as him also performed "Hamlet" in New York's Central Park, and the two formed a rivalry.
Not only did he not use his fame and status to oppress others, but he said leniently, "As long as any drama actor gets the opportunity to play Hamlet, he must seize it firmly."
Taylor said that he was tired of watching his performance and wanted to change his taste. He even sent someone to escort Taylor to Central Park to watch the other party's performance.
In 1965, his "Domination of the World" lost to Rex Harrison's "My Fair Lady", but in 1969 he and Harris co-starred in "The Staircase", but he was very happy every day, and often used Harrison's in the crew. The wife lives on her own.
In 1966, his "Berlin Spy" lost to Li Mawen's "The Female Thief Golden Cat", but in 1974 he and Li Mawen became good drinking friends.
In 1967, his "Spiritual Night" was defeated by Paul Schofield's "The Kingdom of Good Sang", but he said that "8 of the 10 most shocking moments in the history of theater came from Schofield's interpretation." For critics Instead of laughing at the title "Successor to the great Lawrence Oliver and John Gielgud" that they had placed on him, he said that the honor should go to Schofield.
In "A Night in the Spring", both he and Taylor have contributed to the peak of their careers, and they have reached the level of textbook performance, but only Taylor won the award. He inevitably became inferior, but he was by no means jealous of Taylor winning the award, but he thought that he had not won the Oscar all the time and was not worthy of Taylor, who had won the Oscar twice.
But outsiders don't think so, and instinctively think that he will be jealous of Taylor, so he won't let Taylor accept the award. He also joked about this in a show, with a helpless and mocking smile on his face, saying, "... 'The most uncomfortable thing, of course, is that Elizabeth won the award. She dominated the film, so She got an Oscar,' the actor said bitterly. 'And I didn't get it,' he said bitterly."
In 1970, his "Annie's Thousand Days" was defeated by John Wayne's "Thunderbolt", but he wrote in his diary that day "John Wayne was an amiable man, and alcohol made him very funny".
In 1980, Peter O'Toole's performance of "Macbeth" in London was met with bad reviews by British drama critics and the media, while Burton always wanted to play Macbeth but never got the chance.
When he heard about it, he was so angry that he couldn't sleep, and he felt sorry for O'Toole. He immediately called O'Toole and said to him, "You are the most original actor in Britain after the war, and you have always performed with your performance. Fuck the critics' ass".
After hanging up the phone, he also wrote in his diary, "these media must want me to be gloating over O'Toole because I always wanted to play Macbeth", and also because he and O'Toole and others are mavericks However, it is easy to make money, so it has encountered something called "media jealousy".
Although Burton has always hated acting, because filming is too boring and easy to arouse his sexual contradictions and depression, so every day he gets drunk to avoid and cover up. But his artistic pursuit of drama continued throughout his life.
Although he has not performed Shakespeare on the stage since 1964, in his diary in his later years, he still mentioned two of his predecessors, Bole and old lovers, Oliver and Gielgud. And he often studies drama performances, recording a lot of his own experiences in his diary, as well as his discussions with others.
I feel that he really only regards movies as a tool to make money, and his favorite things in his life are language and drama performances. His extreme seriousness and extreme nervousness about drama is really rarely seen in movies.
In fact, he has never been able to balance the two careers of making money and hobbies. As a result, he covets easy money from movies, and is in Cao Ying's heart in Han. He is full of desire for acting in dramas and regrets for not acting in dramas.
His diary is also a good thing, because it is different from an autobiography. An autobiography will always be fabricated for the sake of readability and storytelling, or it will make up for himself. Only the diary is the true record that best reflects his inner world.
The reason Burton hasn't written a memoir is because he doesn't want the media and audience to think he's trying to make money and promote himself with Taylor's fame.
When he was in the headlines every day because of his scandal with Taylor in 1962, he once accepted an exclusive interview, but he only talked about his acting career, his growth experience and his love for poetry. He never said a word to Taylor from beginning to end. carry. So I never thought he was jealous of Tyler taking advantage of Tyler.
He really wanted to be popular, and he would not have refused to divorce many times at the beginning, which made Taylor commit suicide twice for him, and was forced to marry him. He hadn't fallen in love with Taylor at that time, and his relationship with Taylor was actually the same as any actress he had previously played with. There was one more record in the romantic book. He himself said, "There's no fuss about it, and I'm just going to bed with Khrushchev."
Burton really didn't need to rely on Taylor to hype himself back then. At that time, his pursuit of Oscar was not as strong as it was later, and the selection of films was not artistic, and the remuneration was decided. While making movies and making money, he satisfies his hobby of stage play. He is living a good life. Why should Taylor's husband be under so much pressure and spend so much money, and he can't play with women and seduce men freely.
Celebrities are all the same. They don't want to marry a low-level person or a high-level person. They don't want to find someone more prominent than themselves to cover their limelight and lower their family status. So he has always refused to divorce is a clear-headed choice.
Although he is a bad husband, a bad alcoholic, has a big temper and eccentricity, and has no small psychological obstacles, but he can achieve such achievements in art, and can dedicate such classic performances to the audience, there is always a part of his personality. of the greatness of. With this, he has an eternal charm that will not be annihilated by time.
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