Rosie o'donnell on the million dollar pyramid

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#Rosie o'donnell on the million dollar pyramid tv#

I didnвЂ™t get to know her on the set, wasnвЂ™t on the same days she was on, and we didnвЂ™t have many things to do together besides the gunfight scene we did. If there was any controversy, it was minute.Д«ut when the show was over, I got a call from Samara, who I really wasnвЂ™t in any scenes with.

The only thing I saw was that there was something about the mother of the two twins worrying that they were going to be on the set long enough, since you only get kids on set for a few hours. I was on that set almost every day and never saw one problem, never heard one complaint, never had any bad experience at all on the set. It was confusing to the cast members as well. I thought it was going to do a tremendous service to helping people understand that compassion is needed when dealing with paranoid schizophrenia or any serious mental-health issue.

#Rosie o'donnell on the million dollar pyramid tv#

Whenever you see someone with that diagnosis on TV theyвЂ™re usually the murderer, when in actuality, paranoid schizophrenics are much more likely to harm themselves than anyone else. It was important to me that they were going to show a paranoid schizophrenic in accurate ways. The show explores an important topic, and one thatвЂ™s so underserved in America: mental health. And here I am at 58, and I got my first one. But I always felt like when I got older, like to my sixties, I would be able to get those Geraldine Page kind of roles. He said, вЂњWould you cut your hair for this role?вЂќ and I said, вЂњCertainly.вЂќ I showed up there and was thrilled after SMILF to be given a role that has such dramatic overtones and was not to be the вЂњfunny best friend.вЂќ In my twenties, thirties, and forties, thatвЂ™s what I did-the вЂњfunny best friendвЂќ-and was happy to have the work, truthfully. So I met with Derek and we got along very well. Derek Cianfrance-however you say his name, I can never get it right-asked me to meet with him, and it turns out that Mark RuffaloвЂ™s wife, Sunny, had seen me on SMILF and recommended me for this project. But I didnвЂ™t even hear that they were doing it.

#Rosie o'donnell on the million dollar pyramid movie#

I thought, wow, if they ever make this into a movie IвЂ™d love to be in it. I read the book all those years ago and totally related to the character. What attracted you to this decidedly serious role of a social worker?

On a more positive note-although the show is quite somber-you are excellent in I Know This Much Is True. In a wide-ranging conversation, OвЂ™Donnell opened up about the new show, the messy demise of SMILF, her friendship with Michael Cohen, and feud with Trump. I Know This Much Is True sees the comedy icon and longtime Trump foe flexing her dramatic muscles like never before.

#Rosie o'donnell on the million dollar pyramid series#

But after two seasons (and rave reviews), the series was abruptly canceled following allegations of misconduct against creator/star Shaw. It began on SMILF with her turn as Tutu, the outrГ© mother of Frankie ShawвЂ™s Bridgette. Usually, the friend comes in- ba-dum-and then youвЂ™re out!вЂќДЄt 58, OвЂ™Donnell has entered an exciting new phase of her career: character actress. вЂњI was so worried, because IвЂ™d never had that many lines in a movie before in a row. вЂњMy first scene on the show was with in the office and itвЂ™s a 12-page scene!вЂќ she tells me. And sheвЂ™s not only holding her own butвЂ¦ blowing him off the screen? And now hereвЂ™s Rosie as a hard-nosed social worker setting one of the Ruffalos straight. WeвЂ™ve been inundated with two sad Mark Ruffalos, one depressingly horny Juliette Lewis, and a horrifying act of self-mutilation (this is from the Blue Valentine guy, after all). When Rosie OвЂ™Donnell first appears in I Know This Much Is True, it takes a few seconds for your brain to adjust.