He is the reason I became an actor.Įxcerpted from The Person Who Changed My Life: Prominent Americans Recall Their Mentors by Matilda Raffa Cuomo, Editor, with foreword by Sen. Actor James Earl Jones reads To be a Drum by Evelyn Coleman. His influence on me was so basic that it extended to all areas of my life. This was invaluable to me because it summed up what he had taught me–self-reliance. On the last day of school we had our final class outside on the lawn, and Professor Crouch presented me with a gift–a copy of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Self-Reliance. This had a tremendous effect on me, and my confidence grew as I learned to express myself comfortably out loud. I did as he asked, got through it without stuttering, and from then on I had to write more, and speak more. To prove that I hadn’t plagiarized it, he wanted me to recite the poem, by heart, in front of the entire class. After learning this, he questioned me about why, if I loved words so much, couldn’t I say them out loud? One day I showed him a poem I had written, and he responded to it by saying that it was too good to be my own work, that I must have copied it from someone. Professor Crouch discovered that I wrote poetry, a secret I was not anxious to divulge, being a typical high school boy. Growing up, I had a hard time speaking because I was a stutterer and felt self-conscious. He had retired to a farm near the small Michigan town where I lived, but when he discovered that there was a need for good teachers locally, he came to teach at my small agricultural high school. Professor Crouch was a former college teacher who had worked with Robert Frost, among others. Outside of the family, my most influential role model was a high school English teacher, Donald Crouch. I was raised by my grandparents, and I would say that my grandfather was, and still is, my hero.
His second Tony came as a result of his performance in August Wilson’s play Fences. He earned worldwide acclaim and his first Tony Award in the role of Jack Johnson, the first heavyweight-boxing champion in Howard Sackler’s The Great White Hope. ‧ Larry Fowler ‧ Anu ‧ George Cooper Sr.Who Mentored James Earl Jones? A photo of James Earl Jones.Ĭelebrated actor James Earl Jones is known for his powerful and critically acclaimed motion picture, television, and theater performances. Rostenkowski ‧ Wyatt ‧ Claire ‧ Kurt ‧ Eric Gablehauser ‧ Dave Gibbs ‧ Dimitri ‧ Alfred Hofstadter ‧ Meemaw ‧ Jimmy Speckerman ‧ Susan ‧ Randall ‧ Bert Kibbler ‧ President Siebert ‧ Janine Davis ‧ Colonel Richard Williams ‧ Halley Wolowitz ‧ Neil Michael Wolowitz ‧ Denise ‧ George Cooper Jr. Koothrappali ‧ Stephanie Barnett ‧ Lucy ‧ Mary Cooper ‧ Zack Johnson ‧ Beverly Hofstadter ‧ Mike Rostenkowski ‧ Alex Jensen ‧ Professor Proton ‧ Missy Cooper ‧ Ramona Nowitzki ‧ Dan ‧ Josh Wolowitz ‧ Dennis Kim ‧ Althea Davis ‧ Jeanie ‧ Cinnamon ‧ Mrs. Leonard Hofstadter ‧ Sheldon Cooper ‧ Penny ‧ Howard Wolowitz ‧ Rajesh Koothrappali ‧ Amy Farrah Fowler ‧ Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz ‧ Stuart Bloom ‧ Emily Sweeney (formerly) ‧ Leslie Winkle (formerly) ‧ The Social Groupĭebbie Wolowitz ‧ Barry Kripke ‧ Priya Koothrappali ‧ Dr. The Big Bang Theory Characters, Cast & Crew Also Sheldon became bored to death by James Earl Jones' stories. In the sauna, James invites Sheldon and his friends to be his guests at Comic-Con. They also went to Carrie Fisher's house to do a doorbell prank. The two of them then go for ice cream, go to a carnival where Sheldon shouts to Los Angeles how nice James Earl Jones is on top of the carnival Ferris wheel, go to a strip club to sing karaoke and finally end up in a sauna. He told Sheldon many anecdotes about his acting career, Star Wars, and his encounters with other actors. After telling Sheldon that he to likes Star Wars, James Earl Jones invites him to dinner on his residual "Lion King" check and to have a fun night together. James Earl Jones was having dinner at his favorite sushi restaurant when he noticed Sheldon Cooper. Himself James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor and voice actor. He is best known as the voice of Darth Vader of the Star Wars Original Trilogy and Mufasa in "The Lion King".
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