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Article: Memories of Arthur Miller: Take-Out, TV and Olivier.(Arts&Entertainment)
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- February 21, 2005
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Byline: John Heilper
Perhaps we all felt we knew Arthur Miller, for to know a man's plays is to be on friendly terms with the man. I wouldn't pretend to have known Miller personally, but we met a number of times and talked by phone, and each time I was left with a pleasurable insight into him.
For an American icon, he was particularly unpretentious and human. A while ago, I was asked along to a dinner given by an old friend of his who lived in two chaotic rooms of the Chelsea Hotel. "Beautiful take-out," he said, teasing the host, who couldn't cook to save his life. The take-out wasn't so hot either. Miller was easy to talk to, like an elderly uncle. He ...