I will hopefully be posting a review later today (after my test, which I'm supposed to be studying for right now) but when I saw this quote in Shelf Awareness I couldn't resist posting it here. Here is Owen Wilson's take on Shakespeare & Co., a location featured in his new movie Midnight in Paris directed by Woody Allen (which I can't wait to see!):
Owen Wilson, star of Woody Allen's new movie, Midnight in Paris, has apparently fallen not only for the City of Light but also for Shakespeare & Co., which appears in the movie.
Wilson told contactmusic.com: "I love Shakespeare & Company, which is the best bookstore in the world. I met the guy who owns it and he's, like, 97. People sleep there and I would love to have been a college student and gotten a job there and been able to sleep at the bookstore and look at these little sort of nooks all around.
"I was a good reader as a kid and an English major. Now it seems all I read is World War II-type books, so I made a New Year's resolution to try and read 10 classics. Now I'm reading Lolita, which I actually picked up in Paris at the Shakespeare & Company in paperback. It's pretty scandalous."
Yay for literate celebrities.
This is awesome. I heart Owen Wilson AND Woody Allen. But I especially heart when celebs share what they are reading. Why is there not a blog for that?!
ReplyDeleteHow interesting! Thanks for sharing:)
ReplyDeleteAww, that's awesome. Owen Wilson just got a little bit cooler.
ReplyDeleteI have a new found respect for Owen Wilson!
ReplyDeleteI already had a thing for Owen Wilson and now i find myself liking him even more! I had no idea that he was a fellow English major or that he had a love of books. That's awesome to know.
ReplyDelete@christina - that would be an AWESOME blog!
ReplyDelete@Pepca - Thanks for stopping by!
@Sarah - I know. I always think of him as this goofy party animal (probably because the first movie I saw with him was Zoolander...) but looks like he has a brain behind that nose!
@Brenna - I know seriously! I can't wait to see this movie.
@Jennifer - It definitely makes me want to go see this movie!