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2019 Breakthrough Entertainer: Jack Quaid of ‘The Boys’

By AMANDA LEE MYERS to not watch that,” Quaid
Associated Press said, adding that he re-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — If gretted missing out on it so
you’re an actor, and your long. “When I finished the
parents just happen to movie, I was like, complete-
be Meg Ryan and Dennis ly crying and emotional be-
Quaid, you may have to cause I think she’s so good
get used to movie makers in the movie. And I was
assuming that you’re an just so upset that I hadn’t
entitled jerk. seen it because of this one
Jack Quaid says that just dumb thing.”
means he has to work hard- As for “The Boys,” Quaid
er to prove them wrong. calls the show a dream
The 27-year-old Quaid is come true.
quick to point out that he’s “And the fact that it’s be-
been a very lucky man be- ing viewed by people, I
fore he’ll get into the ste- don’t know. That’s a mira-
reotypes about the sons cle,” he said.
and daughters of very fa- Despite his success, Quaid
mous people. said his life hasn’t changed
“I don’t want to necessar- that much, except that
ily complain about grow- more doors are opening
ing up the way that I did for him professionally and
because there was always This Dec. 3, 2019 photo shows actor Jack Quaid posing for a portrait in Los Angeles. people are starting to rec-
food on the table, I got to Associated Press ognize him, although they
live in a nice house ... This is often can’t pinpoint why.
me checking my privilege. wow, that was actually re- school rendition of “A Mid- “It’s been crazy,” Quaid re- “They come up to me on
It’s there. It’s totally there,” ally good. I thought you’d summer Night’s Dream”). cently told The Associated the street and they go, ‘Did
he said. “But there’s a little come in here and expect it Quaid stars in “The Boys,” Press, which named him we go to high school to-
bit of an attitude that I’ve to be handed to you and an irreverent genre-bust- among its Breakthrough En- gether?’” he said.
gotten, especially as I was just be really entitled about ing superhero show that’s tertainers of 2019. “It’s just What’s next for Quaid? For
starting out. Like, I would it,’” he said. “I was like, among the most success- been a very wild year. I find one, he’ll do anything to
walk into an audition room ‘No, I just genuinely want ful original programs on myself thinking that I’m very be in a “Star Wars” movie.
and people would just as- to do this. And if I’m lucky Amazon Prime Video. The lucky.” “I’ll be whatever in the
sume I would be a (jerk).” enough to get this part, I’ll show premiered in July, less To prepare for “Plus One,” movie -- I’ll be a droid. I’ll
Quaid, who looks like his do my best.’” than two weeks before the Quaid binge-watched be like, a grain of sand on
mother when he’s delight- Quaid’s best has been par- release of “Plus One,” a rom-coms, including Tatooine. I don’t care. That
ed and his father when he’s ticularly good this year. He’s romantic comedy starring “When Harry Met Sally” for would be a huge, huge
indignant, recalled one au- earned widespread atten- Quaid and Maya Erskine the first time. deal for me,” he said. “I’m
dition in particular. tion for the first time since that won the Narrative Au- “When your mom has one just really excited for the fu-
“The casting director he fell in love with acting at dience Award at the Tribe- of the most iconic orgasm ture and anything else that
looked at me and said, ‘Oh the age of 13 (in a middle ca Film Festival. scenes of all time, you tend might come my way.”q

Murakami holds rare public reading to mark debut anniversary

By MARI YAMAGUCHI audience at both events key, apparently speaking
Associated Press 24 years ago before she in Japanese, offers to wash
TOKYO (AP) — A monkey became a novelist. his back, and explains he
that confesses he steals After the two authors took was raised by a professor
women's identity cards, turns reading passages and grew up listening to
causing them to tempo- from their works, Muraka- classical music such as Jo-
rarily forget who they are, mi said, "Actually, I have seph Bruckner and Richard
starred Tuesday as author a brand new novel that I Strauss. The monkey faced
Haruki Murakami marked wrote a few weeks ago, discrimination in the con-
40 years since his debut as and I haven't even pub- formist monkey community
a novelist with his first public lished it." He said it is called and ended up at the hot
reading in Japan in nearly "Confessions of a Shina- springs hotel where he is
a quarter century. gawa Monkey" and is a se- hired as a helper and given
Now 70 and one of the quel to "A Shinagawa Mon- an attic to live in.
world's most popular and key," a story of a woman After the protagonist invites
acclaimed novelists, Mu- named Mizuki who forgets the monkey to his room for
rakami debuted with "Hear In this photo provided by Shinchosa, author Haruki Murakami, her name because a mon- a chat over beer, the mon-
the Wind Sing" in 1979, four right, speaks on stage next to author Mieko Kawakami in Tokyo, key had stolen it, published key says he is called Shi-
Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019.
years after he began writ- Associated Press as part of a 2002 compi- nagawa Monkey and re-
ing while running a jazz bar lation, "Five Strange Tales veals he has a bad habit of
in Tokyo. His 1987 romantic U.S. bookstores last year. 1995 earthquake there. from Tokyo." stealing part of the names
novel "Norwegian Wood" Media-shy Murakami's last On Tuesday, he was joined The new story takes place of women he falls in love
was his first best seller, es- public readings were in by award-winning young at a small Japanese hot with by taking their driver's
tablishing him as a young Kobe and Ashiya in west- female novelist Mieko spring hotel where a mon- licenses and other identifi-
literary star. His latest novel, ern Japan, where he grew Kawakami, a longtime Mu- key appears as the protag- cation cards, causing them
"Killing Commendatore," hit up, following a deadly rakami fan who was in the onist takes a bath. The mon- to forget their names. q