[US Entertainment] 1994

On Christmas Eve, amidst the smell of turkey and the warm lights, Tom raised his wine glass: "In the new year, may every child live a relaxed and happy life."

"Yo yo yo——" In the sound of wine glasses colliding, everyone's smiling faces are so bright. There may be many troubles at work, but once you return to this warm home, all the troubles are left behind. , forget everything.

After the meal, Lisa served well-cooked cookies and pies. Colin and Gavin occupied a corner of the table and played a few games of chess quietly. Serena sat by the fire, watching Huo Guang's expression seemed to be so serious as he was thinking about philosophical issues. As for Josh, he was probably the most honorable eater, lying on the sofa with delicious food in hand, Josh couldn't hold back, took one piece after another, one piece after another... …

Before I knew it, the plate was almost empty.

Serena raised her head and stared at Josh's repetitive mechanical movements for a long time—the gaze from her sister was too hot. After a while, Josh's hand was hanging in mid-air, without dropping a single point.

It's literally a struggle to eat or not to eat.

And obviously, like many times in the past, in the struggle with Serena, Josh once again fell into a disadvantage. He withdrew his hand, and the heartbroken words of his manager Arnold Keynes seemed to appear in front of his eyes——

Forget it, don't eat!

Tom looked at the eye contact between his son and daughter with a smile, and suddenly asked, "Josh, when are you going back to Los Angeles?"

Josh touched his chin and counted the days: "In three or four days, "Scent of a Woman" will be released on January 1, and there will be the Golden Globe Awards ceremony in January. I should be busy."

Gavin turned his head: "I always feel unreal when I hear this, but now I realize that there is a big star in our family!"

Josh jumped up from the sofa with a smile, picked up an apple pie and stuffed it into Gavin's mouth: "Okay, okay, you can stop talking."

Serena echoed Gavin: "I feel unreal too..."

"Hey, enough of you!" Josh rubbed his ears, "Can't you feel sorry for your poor brother who doesn't have a rest day?"

"That kind of thing will never happen to you, a slacker!" Serena turned back to the room, handed Josh some paper and a pen, "Give me some autographs, since I know you are my brother, I will All of your classmates have become your fans."

"They really have vision." Josh happily took the paper, swiped his pen, and wrote his name.

Serena glanced at her silly brother, sighed silently, and in the end, the nature of complaining overwhelmed everything: "The words are so ugly."

Josh: "..."

Forget it, don't care, don't care...

One day he will be pissed off by this girl Serena!

A few days after Christmas, after embracing the reluctant Tom and Lisa, Josh drove back to Los Angeles alone. The large-scale release date of "Scent of a Woman" is set for January 1th. As one of the protagonists, Josh must take on the responsibility of publicity.

There weren't many movies released in early January, and apart from "Scent of a Woman," there was only one horror movie starring Jennifer Aniston.Before Christmas, "Scent of a Woman" was only shown in more than 1 theaters across the United States, and starting from January 20, the movie will be shown in 1 theaters. For the film, such a scale is not small.

The publicity during this period was too intensive, and Al's body was a bit overwhelmed, so Josh could only share more publicity work.

In early January, Josh officially made his debut on the talk show "The Oprah Show."

The 90s was the time when the popularity and influence of "The Oprah Show" was at its peak. With the huge popularity attracted by the talk show, Oprah Winfrey became one of the most famous black women in the United States and even the world. is known as the queen of talk shows.

Sitting on the chair familiar to countless audiences, Josh sat down slowly amid the applause of the audience, smiling and looking at Oprah Winfrey.

"Welcome Josh Walter, our Golden Globe nominee." Oprah Winfrey applauded softly, "Josh, you are probably the youngest actor the audience is least familiar with, so when they heard about this issue Everyone was shocked when you were invited to the interview."

Josh blinked: "Is it that exaggerated? I thought my exposure was high enough."

"Maybe we should listen to the opinions of the audience." Oprah raised his finger, and Josh saw that most of the audience were shaking their heads. He touched his nose and said with a smile: "Well, maybe you are right .”

"But I'm really curious about you, so at the end of the last episode, the director told me that it was time to invite a young guest, and I thought of you first." Oprah Winfrey revealed A sly smile that couldn't be hated, "I believe it's not just me, the audience in front of the TV is also very curious about the actor Josh Walter, Josh, are you ready?"

Josh shrugged and smiled brightly: "Let the horse come here!"

"Josh, you decided to come to Hollywood after graduating from college at the age of 20, right? As far as I know, you studied finance in college, which is a promising major."

Josh smiled slightly: "Because I like being an actor, I like the feeling of acting as another person in front of the camera. Acting is a colorful job for me. I can make more friends. Of course, more importantly, watching I think it is very meaningful to watch my fragmented performances turn into smooth scenes with different connotations in the camera.”

"Fantastic insight, did your parents support you as an actor?"

"They supported me very much, and I am also very grateful for their support." Josh smiled, "I also experienced a period of confusion after I decided to become an actor. Thanks to their support behind me, I can have more courage to become an actor. as my life's work."

Oprah Winfrey paused, and asked: "So Josh, we all know that you have only appeared in three movies in total, but you have already won a Venice Best Actor and two Golden Globe nominations, are you How did you do it?"

"Like and work hard." Facing the camera, Josh talked eloquently, "Because I regard acting as a job that I will do in my life. Is there anyone who does one thing all his life without learning? If you want to survive in an industry for a long time If you want to, you have to hone your ability. In order to become a good actor, I have been trying my best to keep up with the rhythm of filming and learn from other actors' performances. I am really grateful to the Venice judges and the Foreign Press Association. For someone like me For young actors, nomination or award is a great affirmation."

"I'd love to hear from a young actor about his experiences in acting," Oprah Winfrey commented as she listened to Josh's answer, "But Josh, the audience on The Oprah Show wants to know It’s much more than that, they have prepared a lot of questions for you, are you interested in listening to them?”

Josh spread out his hands: "I pray that Oprah you prepared me an easy-to-answer question."

“Well——” Oprah quips, “usually, my responsibility is to convey the audience’s ideas to the guests.”

Josh covered his face: "well, I have foreseen my future."

Oprah laughed loudly: "Josh, avoiding is not a good way. The first question, you were involved in a same-sex scandal some time ago, so Josh, what is your real view on homosexuality?"

Josh patted his head: "Oprah, your question really stumps me, well, I want to say that I don't discriminate against homosexuals at all, because of the movie "Unruly Sky", I understand I've read more about homosexuality, actually, about the National Enquirer's coverage, I'm not concerned about the fact that they think I'm gay, in my opinion, sexual orientation is indeterminate, now you love It's a woman, but you may fall in love with a man someday."

"What I mind is that they judge me as gay or straight based on some conjectures, which is not fair to me, nor to all the actors they report." Josh smiled lightly, "I respect every People's sexual orientation, I think they have the right to choose love, so I can't tolerate those random judgments, in my opinion, I support both homosexuality and heterosexuality, love is fair and cannot be desecrated."

"I also agree with your idea." Oprah Winfrey applauded softly, "Everyone has the right to choose their own sexuality. Sexuality is complicated and cannot be judged simply by some so-called evidence."

"Then comes the second question, Josh, you caused a lot of discussion because of your clothes a while ago, how do you feel now, do you still think you are cool?"

Josh laughed loudly: "Of course, I thought many people regarded me as a fad, didn't they?"

"To be honest, I really think the media's point is very interesting. They think I dress like a gay or I don't look like a star, but I obviously went to cheer for Rui Fan. I am very happy, and Rui Fan is also very happy. I think That's enough."

"Your fashion is really unacceptable to an old guy like me." Oprah Winfrey laughed. "People around me find it funny when they hear what you do. Few young stars will Do it."

"So Josh, your new movie "Scent of a Woman" came out recently, and I hear it's a great movie, and Al Pacino and you were both nominated for a Golden Globe for it, working with Al How do you feel? I heard that Al was very serious on set and was very aggressive with young actors?"

"It's true to say that." Josh showed a bitter face, "Because of the cooperation, Al always bullied me at the beginning. Go to Al's rhythm and that feeling goes away."

"Now that I think about it, I learned a lot during that time, and now I can't help but want to go back and work with Al again."

The author has something to say: I came here first today, I was too sleepy, I didn’t have a lunch break at noon, I went to sleep.