Elliott Gould
Elliott Gould Trivia
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He began preforming at the age of 8 in comedy clubs, hospitals, resorts and temples.
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He appeared on the cover of Time Magazine in 1970.
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He shared a room with his parents until he was 11-years-old.
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He is a Taurus.
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He was considerd to be making special progress at school and was placed in a higher grade at school.
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He lives in the same high-rise apartment building as Donald Sutherland.
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He is a regular guest on FOX News Channel broadcasts.
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He is 6 foot 3 inches tall.
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He is a former son-in-law of director Paul Bogart.
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He attended Columbia University, New York.
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He has had romantic relationships with Jeniffer O'Neill, Valerie Perrine, Diane Keaton, Gilda Radner, Victoria Principal and Bianca Jagger.
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His sons are Jason and Sam, and his daughter is Molly.
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When Elliott was 18 he appeared as a chorus boy in such Broadway musicals as Rumple, Say Darling and Irma La Douce.
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His family lived for a year in West Orange, New Jersey when Elliott used to be a teenager.
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Elliott's photo from Getting Straight appears in many scenes in the 1997 film Boogie Nights.
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He nearly drowned in a scene in the movie The Long Goodbye.
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He is a big fan of the New York Knicks.
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He loves being an actor, but if he had to choose again, he'd rather have become a doctor or lawyer.
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He loves J&B Whiskey, and also loves to gamble.
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He lived in a house for a while that was previously owned by Mary Astor.
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His favourite ice cream flavour is nutty coconut, his favorite food is hot dogs with kraut and his favourite book is Charlotte's Web.
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His son Sam was born in the kitchen of their home.
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He used his own Lincoln Continental in The Long Goodbye (1973) before donating it to The National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada. There were only three built, and just one is known to exist today.
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He has been married three times.
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He was nominated for two BAFTA film awards, both for best actor. One for Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, and another for MASH.
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He is Jewish.
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He has two children with Jennifer Bogart, and one with Barbara Streisand.
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He was enrolled into the Professional Children's School at the age of 8, and began appearing in local television shows.
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Elliott was born as an only son to Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. His father's name is Bernard and he works in the garment business, And his mother's name is Lucille and she sells artificial flowers to beauty shops.
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He was married to Jennifer Bogart from 1973 to 1976 and again in 1978 to 1979.
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Elliot Gould performed narrations for audiobooks of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe series and Shakespeare sonnets. He played Marlowe in Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye.
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When Elliot Gould was a child, he took ballet lessons and by the time he hit 18, he was performing in a Broadway chorus line.
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Elliott Gould was a child model.
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Elliott was married to the singer and actress Barbara Streisand from 1963 to 1971.
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Elliott was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, in 1970, for his role in the 1969 movie Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.
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Elliot starred in the 1998 Academy Award nominated movie American History X.
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Elliott has three children.
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Elliott starred in the 2001 film, Ocean's Eleven.
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Elliott has hosted Saturday Night Live a total of six times.
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Quotes
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Elliott: I finally stopped going to my analyst when he began having me explain things to him.
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Elliott: Marriage means a marriage of minds. But I had no mind when I got married, just a brain. I didn't know who I was and I was afraid of my own mind. To be able to touch one's mind is to touch one's soul. When one mind connects with another mind, you can feel the other person's presence on the other side of the earth, then you have a marriage.
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Elliott: I find it so easy to get distracted - I try not to do more than one thing at any one time.
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Elliott: I believe in evolution and I think when it comes to business and the roots of business and the fundamentals of business, I don't think that ever changes. I think the idea of change is an illusion, but in nature it's necessary to change and perhaps business is a part of nature. I'm not totally sure.
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Elliott: There's nothing more arrogant or conceited than youth, and there's nothing other than machinery that can replace youth.
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Elliott: No, no food. I want sex. Bring me some sex.
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Elliott: If you can't have a relationship with your sexual counterpart, though it is essetial to have a relationship with somebody, it can't be wrong. Just let it flow.
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Elliott: There's not a moment that I'm not Jewish and I cherish it.
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Elliott: I'm the original rubber man and I'm bouncing right back.
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Elliott: Quitters never win and winners never quit.
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Elliott: A grain of pride is good for the heart, but no more than that.
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Elliott Gould: There's nothing more arrogant or conceited than youth, and there's nothing other than machinery that can replace youth.
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Elliott Gould: There's nothing more arrogant or conceited than youth, and there's nothing other than machinery that can replace youth.
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Elliott Gould: My problem was I let myself become known before I knew myself.
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Elliott Gould: My greatest fear is to be misunderstood.
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Elliott Gould: I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marx's bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and changed the bulb. When I got off the bed he said: 'That's the best acting you've ever done.'
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Elliott Gould: I believe in evolution and I think when it comes to business and the roots of business and the fundamentals of business, I don't think that ever changes. I think the idea of change is an illusion, but in nature it's necessary to change and perhaps business is a part of nature. I'm not totally sure.
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Elliott: The Oscars are some sort of masturbatory fantasy. People think: an Academy Award -- now if I get a parking ticket I don't have to pay it. I don't put the Award down. But, at my sanest, I would rather have a good three-man baseketball game than sit here in my monkey suit.
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Elliott: Success didn't change me. I was already distorted before I became a star.
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