Much in the same way in which
Affleck rides elevators like the rest of us, Heath Ledger once sat in a bench while he waited for his car.
He must've been a couple of weeks off the set of
Brokeback Mountain and was promoting
The Brothers Grimm. And as he waited for the valet to bring his car, he talked with someone (who I'm pretty sure was also someone important, but don't know who or why), about recently shaving his head himself. Not being one to miss an oportunity to speak to Ledger (OMFG!! Heath!!! right?) I blurted out: "You did it yourself?". He turned, and cool as a breeze he said "Yeah, it's not that hard."
"And doesn't it burn?" I asked, completely unaware of how I was coming across.
"Burn?", he replied, in the sort of tone you'd use if someone actually offered you ten-thousand spoons when all you needed was a knife.
And I said "Yeah, you know... from the sun". Then he put his hand on his head and stroked it in the typical way you'd only understand if you had ever shaved, and said: "Nah, not really".
We might've said a bit more, maybe some reiterative statement on how he was there to promote
The Brothers Grimm, but this is the part I remember well enough to re-tell.
And then his car arrived, he got up, put his sunglasses back on and with a simple "Later, man", he got into his car and left. The other guy simply continued reading the paper without giving anything much importance.
It's funny how for him it was just a whatever-day. For me, two years later I remember. And now... well now, I'll always miss the greatness that could've been.
Up next: And Tracy asks: "Why do people have to die?". And Nate answers, simple and true as can be: "To make life important".
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