“I talked to Jeremy on the phone, and he told me that he discovered that he had a very high level of mercury,” Mamet said. “So my understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer.”
-David Mamet, on Jeremy Piven's abrupt departure from Speed the Plow due to illness "attributable to a high mercury account. (Seriously, kids).
Thursday, December 18, 2008
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2 comments:
Love it! Ah where would the theatre be without those crazy actors? (Said the craziest of them all)
The comment is very wickedly funny, but high levels of mercury at least sounds pretty serious. Guess the broken foot excuse was already taken?
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