![]() Mario Cantone: Are they? Do not tell Deidrich Bader that, okay. Didn't you know that? Or am I just talking out of my ass? You are telling us that some birds are gay? ![]() But I think the film came out really well. ![]() They use what they use, and don't use what they don't use. But you just go there, and you come back. He could have been seduced by a seagull of the same sex. I was like, "Hey, he's just a bird." Though, a lot of seagulls are homosexuals. Not in real life, but character-wise, he did some homo-bashing on me. I told them if they don't get me a musical number in the next one, I'm going to have to kill a few penguins. Where's my musical number?" In the next one, in the sequel, I'm getting a musical number. The only thing I told then was, "I want a musical number. And a lot of that stuff winds up on the cutting room floor. There is just so much stuff you do, because you work on this for a long time. It was tough to get a word in edgewise sometimes, but I got it in there. With James Woods talking all the time, did you find it difficult to get your own lines in? You have got to listen to the other person, and go back and forth. Was it a challenge to have these other actors in the recording booth with you? I think if you pick up a rock, and the movie takes place on a beach, he's in it. I think James Woods is in every movie that takes place. But we've worked together twice and I had a blast with him. That was the history of me and James Woods. Just, when I do her, I like to do her." But he doesn't like it when people do her. And he says, "I really don't like when people do her, and consider her camp." I was like, "I don't consider her camp. And then, he was on the last Betty Davis documentary called Stardust. Shut up." Cut to, I'm watching him on celebrity poker, and guess what his charity is? The American Stroke Association. I Was like, "Jayz Wooz I ham tahgging to shoo." And he just glazed over. And his eyes glazed over, and he started talking to somebody else. So, I said to him that I did Betty Davis after the stroke. Which is politically incorrect, but I don't care. I do her early, but do her after the stroke. But she loved him, you know? What's funny is that I do Betty Davis. It was after her stroke, which is incredible. He convinced Sydney Pollock to get this certain close-up that he wasn't supposed to get. He is hilarious, and brilliant, and loves to talk. You worked closely with James Woods in this film. He just runs around, and he's completely stressed out. He's like a neurotic, Jewish, talent scout, sandpiper bird with skinny little legs. After checking out the dancing dolphins, which were visible from our conference room window, Mario shared these colorful antidotes about the making of the film, and his life as a gay stand-up comedian: I arrived at the beautiful Kahala Resort & Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii just in time to talk with Cantone about his work in the film. Mario's performance single-handedly steals the entire show. Once a talent scout for the world of Waterfowl Theater, our hapless bird is now Surf Promoter Reggie (James Woods) Belafonte's right-hand man. His goal: Find the next big thing in surfing. With long, skinny legs and a manic delivery, Mickey runs about Pen Gu Island, tossing off jokes so fast, the rest of the film can barely keep up with him. Mario plays Mikey Abromowitz, a shorebird on the edge. ![]() This summer, Cantone lends his unforgettable metro-Bronx twang to the animated feature Surf's Up. ![]()
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