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 All I know is, I don`t do a lot of analysis. I know those words have to move me. I rely on the author. I don`t want actors reasoning with me about "motivation" and all that bull. All I want `em to do is learn the goddamn lines and don`t bump into each other. The theatre has kept me alive, and it`s allowed me to work at my craft.
[about Arthur Miller`s semi-autobiographical play "After the Fall"] They should have called it "After the Money"!
Once you`re on [stage], nobody can say, "Cut it". You`re out there on your own, and there`s always that thrill of a real live audience.
I`ve always played disintegrated characters.
An actor doesn`t change thought, theme, or mood unless the character does, and the character only does it within the words of the play.
Trivia
Recipient of 22nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime contribution to arts and culture, presented by President Bill Clinton in Washington, DC, Dec. 5, 1999.
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He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1997 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, DC.
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Father, with actress Lauren Bacall, of actor Sam Robards.
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Preferred working in the theater, and said once that he performed in Hollywood films so that he could "grab the money and go back to Broadway as fast as I can."
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First lead role was in the 1953 off-Broadway production of "American Gothic" directed by José Quintero.
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Was the first winner of a Best Actor Obie Award, which recognize achievement in the Off-Broadway theater, for playing Hickey in the revival of Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh" during the 1955-56 season. He tied for the Best Actor award with George Voskovec, who was cited for "Uncle Vanya."
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He won an Oscar for playing Benjamin Bradlee in All the President's Men (1976), making him one of eleven actors to win the Award for playing a real person who was still alive at the evening of the Award ceremony (as of 2007). The other ten actors and their respective performances are: Spencer Tracy for playing Father Edward Flanagan in Boys Town (1938), Gary Cooper for playing Alvin C. York in Sergeant York (1941), Patty Duke for playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (1962), Robert De Niro for playing Jake La Motta in Raging Bull (1980), Sissy Spacek for playing Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Susan Sarandon for playing Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking (1995), Geoffrey Rush for playing David Helfgott in Shine (1996), Julia Roberts for playing Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich (2000), Jim Broadbent for playing John Bayley in Iris (2001/I) and most recently Helen Mirren for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006).
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As of 2005, he is the only actor to win consecutive Best Supporting Actor Oscars (for _All the President's Men (1976)_qv) and Julia (1977)).
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In one of his last roles, in Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia (1999), he portrayed a man dying from lung cancer to excellent effect. Two years later he himself died from the same disease.
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He has 3 children with Eleanor Pitman. He has 2 children with 'Lois O'Connor (I)'. He won an Emmy in 1988 for Inherit the Wind (1988) (TV).
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On April 22, 2002, the first Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theatre was awarded to Christopher Plummer by the Roundabout Theatre.
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Played Hickey in three different productions of Eugene O'Neill's play "The Iceman Cometh" -- off-Broadway in 1955, on television in 1960, and on Broadway in 1955.
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Was a Civil War buff in real life. Ironically, he played President U.S. Grant in The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981), and was the voice of General Grant in the PBS mini-series _"Civil War, The" (1990) (mini)_.
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Shares the role of Howard Hughes with Leonardo DiCaprio. In the television series based on _Parenthood_ (1989), DiCaprio took over that'Joaquin Phoenix' had played in the film--opposite Robards as his grandfather.
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Received all of his Oscar nominations for playing real-life people: Benjamin C. Bradlee in All the President's Men (1976), Dashiell Hammett in Julia (1977), and Howard Hughes in Melvin and Howard (1980).
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Survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor.
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Won Broadway's 1959 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for "The Disenchanted." He has been nominated seven other times: as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) in 1957 for "Long Day's Journey into Night;" as Best Actor (Dramatic) in 1960 for "Toys in the Attic," in 1964 for "After The Fall," in 1965 for "Hughie," in 1972 for "The Country Girl" and in 1974 for "A Moon for the Misbegotten"; and as Best Actor (Play) in 1978 for "A Touch of the Poet." With eight nominations, he holds the record for being the actor nominated the most times for a Tony Award, although he only won once.
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In 1978 he became the second actor to receive an Oscar, Emmy and Tony nomination in the same calendar year (for Julia (1977), "Washington: Behind Closed Doors" (1977) (mini) and "A Touch of the Poet", respectively).
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Two daughters and four sons: Sarah Louise, Shannon Robards, Jason Robards III, Sam Robards, David and Jake Robards.
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He is more closely associated with the works of Eugene O'Neill than any other actor.
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In 1988, he became the 11th performer to win the Triple Crown of acting: Oscar, Tony, Emmy. Two Oscars: Best Supporting Actor, All the President`s Men (1976), and Best Supporting Actor, Julia (1977). Tony: Best Actor, Play, "The Disenchanted" (1959). Emmy: Best Actor, Miniseries/Special: Inherit the Wind (1988) (TV).
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Was a trustee at Fairfield University in Connecticut.
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In 1978 he became the second actor to receive an Oscar, Emmy and Tony nomination in the same calendar year (for Julia (1977), "Washington: Behind Closed Doors" (1977) and "A Touch of the Poet", respectively).
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Katharine Hepburn was the godmother of his son Sam Robards.
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He and Leonardo DiCaprio both received Oscar-nominations for portraying Howard Hughes. Robards was nominated for Melvin and Howard (1980) and DiCaprio for The Aviator (2004).
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Avoided films until age 37 because he felt his acting father, Jason Robards Sr., had sold out and tarnished his own reputation by "going Hollywood".
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Attended Hollywood High School in Beverly Hills and played on the football, baseball, basketball, and track teams, at one time entertaining the idea of becoming a professional athlete.
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In 1972, he was in a horrifying accident on a winding California road. He drove his car into the side of a mountain and nearly died. His acute drinking problem contributed to the accident. He slowly recovered after extensive surgery and facial reconstruction.
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Jennifer Jason Leigh added the "Jason" to her stage name in tribute to Robards, a family friend. She said, "I like the way it sounds between Jennifer and Leigh."
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Father of actor Jason Robards III.
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US Navy. He was a radioman on duty at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack. He wrote about his experiences in A Hell of a War.
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