I met him one night in NYC about 20 years ago or so. I called him by name and we talked for a minute or so. He was VERY gracious and kind to someone he didn't even know.
I love Richard Chamberlain. He seems like such a thoughtful person. He is such a good actor and was eye candy for us women! I thought Richard and Rachel Ward were so good together! She was beautiful! He was right when he said it was one tragedy after another, but the book was written like that. For me what made The Thorn Birds a standout was the story, so many top-notch actors, the scenery, and the music. The Thorn Birds will always be one of my favorite tv shows ever. I just wish they still did mini series for tv but guess that time has passed. Also, always remember my Mom loved Richard as Dr. Kildare way back when! And that's saying something since she didn't watch much tv. But she loved Richard Chamberlain!
Richard Chamberlain is a great actor, and he was gifted with many other talents. He can dance, sing, paint, and he has a really wonderful speaking voice. I love to hear him speak. He also is a really gifted writer. His book along with being very well written, is easy to read and understand, and his thought are deep and interesting. The title of the book is "Shattered Love: A Memoir."
J'aime beaucoup Richard Chamberlain, bien sur je le préfère dans "les oiseaux se cachent pour mourir".. Le role de Ralph est sublime et lui va trés bien ..cette histoire d'amour interdit peut arriver à n'importe qui ...Bravo Richard ...et comme chanteur ..je vous aime aussi ...
I don't think he was denigrating it. Soaps have a tendancy to heap drama after drama without remorse, hence why one could consider The Thorn Birds a soap.
It is SO terrible that Chamberlain went into this Soap Opera genre when he could have gone into the James Bond 007 genre even more easily. His 1988 rendition of Jason Bourne was, for the time, as well made as any good Spy story. He was 54 during this film (J.Bourne Identity) and still extremely handsome and physical. Perhaps it was his homosexuality that caused his divisions in the World of Hollywood in that it was hard to be a Manly Man when one is a Man's Man. But he's still kicking !!
0:41 "[The Thorn Birds] was one tragedy after another, after another, after another, after another, after another; nobody came out on top in that show" I remember a couple of other shows at that time that had a similar theme: Roots and Centennial. It really depressed me as a kid because you would be introduced to some man, at the top of his game, young, powerful and indestructible, but within half an hour he would age fifty years and die. And all of the characters were continually beaten down with tragedy, generally when things were really good for them, as if too much happiness was a sin and they needed to be brought down a peg, or five. The most ridiculous example in The Thorn Birds was when, after the fire at Drogheda, Stu, one of the Cleary sons, discovers the charred remains of his father, Paddy, promptly fires three shots of his rifle to call the family, and then gets dismembered and killed by a wild boar.
I can think of 2 charcters that got the better end out of the thorn birds ! Richard. Luke o'neil was £15.000 richer and he went bk to single life style. Justine make up with her mum and the rides of into the sunset with Ralph's pal... He said nobody won anything in that... Lol xx
I met him one night in NYC about 20 years ago or so. I called him by name and we talked for a minute or so. He was VERY gracious and kind to someone he didn't even know.
now that he's an old man, I love the fact that he's so comfortable in his own skin at his age, he's so incredibly adorable
I love Richard Chamberlain. He seems like such a thoughtful person. He is such a good actor and was eye candy for us women! I thought Richard and Rachel Ward were so good together! She was beautiful! He was right when he said it was one tragedy after another, but the book was written like that. For me what made The Thorn Birds a standout was the story, so many top-notch actors, the scenery, and the music. The Thorn Birds will always be one of my favorite tv shows ever. I just wish they still did mini series for tv but guess that time has passed. Also, always remember my Mom loved Richard as Dr. Kildare way back when! And that's saying something since she didn't watch much tv. But she loved Richard Chamberlain!
Richard Chamberlain & Rachel Ward best performance my all time favorite romantic move the breath taking thorn birds! thanks for the move
He says that his family doesn't age---he said that his grandmother didn't age. He chose his parents well.
Richard Chamberlain is a great actor, and he was gifted with many other talents. He can dance, sing, paint, and he has a really wonderful speaking voice. I love to hear him speak. He also is a really gifted writer. His book along with being very well written, is easy to read and understand, and his thought are deep and interesting. The title of the book is "Shattered Love: A Memoir."
I love you Richard Chamberlian...always "-)
J'aime beaucoup Richard Chamberlain, bien sur je le préfère dans "les oiseaux se cachent pour mourir".. Le role de Ralph est sublime et lui va trés bien ..cette histoire d'amour interdit peut arriver à n'importe qui ...Bravo Richard ...et comme chanteur ..je vous aime aussi ...
This TV series was brilliant, i loved it. this and British Edge of Darkness were the best.
Love him.
J'adore comme il parle de Ralph.
er.ist.ein.toller.mann.und.mensch.
You gotta love thorn birds :)
God he is why my fantacies involve a priest...God he is as beautiful as he was in 1983...;)
I don't think he was denigrating it. Soaps have a tendancy to heap drama after drama without remorse, hence why one could consider The Thorn Birds a soap.
It is SO terrible that Chamberlain went into this Soap Opera genre when he could have gone into the James Bond 007 genre even more easily. His 1988 rendition of Jason Bourne was, for the time, as well made as any good Spy story. He was 54 during this film (J.Bourne Identity) and still extremely handsome and physical. Perhaps it was his homosexuality that caused his divisions in the World of Hollywood in that it was hard to be a Manly Man when one is a Man's Man. But he's still kicking !!
He's entitled to his opinion? He wasn't being a troll etc. I'm sure there are movies you dont like that others like.
Why is he saying soap opera? I dont think it was?
Rest home? She is not that old to be in one! I thought she still lives in Australia with her husband Bryan Brown. Do you know something I dont?
0:41 "[The Thorn Birds] was one tragedy after another, after another, after another, after another, after another; nobody came out on top in that show"
I remember a couple of other shows at that time that had a similar theme: Roots and Centennial. It really depressed me as a kid because you would be introduced to some man, at the top of his game, young, powerful and indestructible, but within half an hour he would age fifty years and die. And all of the characters were continually beaten down with tragedy, generally when things were really good for them, as if too much happiness was a sin and they needed to be brought down a peg, or five. The most ridiculous example in The Thorn Birds was when, after the fire at Drogheda, Stu, one of the Cleary sons, discovers the charred remains of his father, Paddy, promptly fires three shots of his rifle to call the family, and then gets dismembered and killed by a wild boar.
I can think of 2 charcters that got the better end out of the thorn birds ! Richard.
Luke o'neil was £15.000 richer and he went bk to single life style.
Justine make up with her mum and the rides of into the sunset with Ralph's pal... He said nobody won anything in that... Lol xx
Are you kidding? Rachel Ward was stunning-I still want to ravage her, even if she is in a rest home now!