{"id":22735,"date":"2019-10-12T11:32:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T15:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=22735"},"modified":"2019-10-12T11:34:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T15:34:27","slug":"rip-robert-forster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=22735","title":{"rendered":"RIP – Robert Forster"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Robert Forster, the actor best known for his Academy Award nominated role in Jackie Brown<\/em> has passed away at the age of 78 from brain cancer.<\/p>\n

Forster was one of those rare actors who made everything in was in better.\u00a0 I first became aware of Forster in the tv series Banyon<\/em>.\u00a0 I liked him better than the show and often that seemed to be the case.\u00a0 The same could be said for his appearances in Reflections in a Golden Eye; The Black Hole; Alligator; The Delta Force;\u00a0<\/em>and so many more.<\/p>\n

Forster was quoted in a 2018 interview with the Chicago Tribune<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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“My career went like this for five years and then like that for 27. Every time it reached a lower level I thought I could tolerate, it dropped some more, and then some more. Near the end I had no agent, no manager, no lawyer, no nothing. I was taking whatever fell through the cracks.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But Forster hung in taking whatever parts he could that would pay the bills.<\/p>\n

Quentin Tarantino was a fan and had Forster audition for Reservoir Dogs<\/em>. Ultimately Tarantino gave the part to Lawrence Tierney, but had another idea for Forster.\u00a0 And that was the male lead in Jackie Brown<\/em>.\u00a0 Forster was nominated for an Academy Award and that restarted his career.\u00a0 Better roles continued, and Forster worked until his death — having two films, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Story<\/em> and Phil<\/em> coming out in 2019.<\/p>\n

I loved Forster’s acting and his attitude about life.\u00a0 As he told this interviewer<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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“You gotta be ready… Accept all things that give you a good attitude.\u00a0 Deliver excellence right now… And never quit. You can win it in the late innings if you don’t quit.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Robert Forster’s family, friends and fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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