The Young And The Restless (2008)—“Patrick Dalton”

BP: I forgot I even did that. I don’t know how many episodes I did. My character was supposed to be launching this magazine, and there were several episodes previous to the launch, and one or two after the launch, and I remember thinking, “I don’t know what the character’s going to do after the magazine’s launched, because then he has no identity anymore.” There was so much booze around that it occurred to me, and I got the okay to do it, that basically when the party was launched, it revealed that he was a lush. I would just lean on things and be inappropriate, and that was really fun. So what the hell do you do? I decided that he would just be a drunk.

Because it was a fashion magazine and he was somebody that was supposed to be well versed in high fashion, I had a few run-ins with the fashion department. They would put on the rack like a regular blazer and a tie, and I said, “If he’s in the eye of the hurricane of fashion, a jacket won’t pass, give me something else.” They would get mad, and I was like “Well, let me go through the costume racks and pick something weird and make it up, because a jacket and tie won’t do it.” They were not too thrilled with me, but what I ended up doing was, I took an opera scarf which was about seven inches wide and tied it into a tie, which meant that the knot was about eight inches tall, and everyone said, “Oh, that’s weird and new.” And so that’s what I ended up doing. Soap operas are a world where rich people always have chandeliers and hip people have striped hair and the language that they use doesn’t have any flexibility anymore. But I enjoyed it. I got to do everything in one take, and the people on it were very neat, and they’re very self-aware.

I love his summation of wealthy people on soaps meaning they have chandeliers.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/bronson-pinchot,34310/

I love his summation of wealthy people on soaps meaning they have chandeliers.

http://www.avclub.co...-pinchot,34310/

Interesting.

Why is he on such a slash-and-burn path to self-destruction? By savaging movie stars, daytime...what genre is left for him to work in?

I guess he did some VH1 Celebreality and was pathetic there...so maybe that remains a future for him.

I liked his Balki for what it was. I'm sorry to see him lash out like this...both because of what it indicates about his mental space...and for how it harms his future.

has he had any roles of late? He might figure there is nothing left to lose at this point. Last thing I remember him from was True Romance.

Awwwwwww. An actor being honest about Hollywood and the dipshit twats we know as "stars." Every time an actor dishes straight up, an angel gets its wings!

I always had this huge crush on him. He's just so quirky and cute..... you never know what to expect, like here: