So interesting to talk with Patty on how she was directed by Mervyn LeRoy for her masterpiece performance in the film, THE BAD SEED. She basically said that she was way too young to comprehend the debate going on regarding 'nature vs nuture' in the psychiatric field, so she was told to very selfishly want 'things', to feel smarter than all of the adults in the room and deem them epically stupid, and to love her father deeply. Patty has gone on to act in films like 'Nixon/Frost' and 'The Master', but has spent most of her career dealing with the aftermath of her frighteningly believable performance as, Rhoda Penmark. Since Patty is a native New Yorker (Brooklyn native), she explains that she feels playing Rhoda was a 'piece of cake'. Patty is one of the sharpest and warmest people that I have ever known in my life, and I still find it hard to believe that she's spent a lifetime navigating the mean, self-centered, cold-blooded, cut throat, industry that is the - entertainment industry. Well actually, now that I think of it, it makes total sense that she can handle the business so easily. Like Rhoda would have...Easy peasy. She's a New Yawka!
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