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"I make a point of being prompt. I don't break dates at the last moment. I don't insult people. I keep out of fights and brawls. I don't throw firecrackers in hotel lobbies. So why am I called a character?" asks Aldo.
A radio interview with Memphis commentator Olivia Brown. Touring has helped him.
Enjoying a copy of SCREENLAND with John Derek between scenes on the Columbia lot.
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SOME people around Hollywood say Aldo Ray is a character. He says he isn't. That depends on what you mean by a "character."
"A few years ago people called a Hollywood guy a character if he wore funny hats, dark glasses, mis-matched slacks and jackets, loud shirts and a towel around his neck instead of a scarf," Aldo points out. "I never dressed that way and never will.
"Now there's another style of dressing that makes you a character — sloppy blue jeans, T-shirts, sneakers, worn in town. That's fine for the country or the beach or the backyard. But I've never gone for that 'sloppy sartorial school' in town, so I don't qualify on that score as a character.
"Most people who label a man a character also imply rudeness on his part — maybe that he's always late or insults people just to be different. This I don't like. I make a point of being prompt. I don't break dates at the last moment. I don't insult people. I keep out of fights and brawls. I don't throw firecrackers in hotel lobbies. So why am I called a character?" he asks.
"I live at the beach because I like the beach. Does that make me a character? Thousands of other people who live there for the same reason aren't automatically accused of 'going Hollywood.'
"I wouldn't mind being called an individualist. I think I am. I think everyone should try to be. Why just follow a
pattern?" he queried with deep concern.
Aldo was delivering his arguments over lunch at a little Italian restaurant near his home studio, Columbia. He had long since finished "Pat And Mike" at MGM with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, had been on two long personal appearance tours, and was waiting for his next assignment at Columbia, which will be "From Here To Eternity." But he was checking in at the studio almost every day. He's not one to lose touch with things.
"Okay. You win so far, Aldo," we conceded, pronouncing his name Awl-dough, as it was pronounced when we were introduced to him a year ago.
"Please. The name is Al-dough. First syllable just like Al. Do you mind? It's a different name. It's mine. I like it right."
We certainly didn't mind; a man should take pride in his name, say we. It's part of his individuality — and Aldo certainly has plenty of that. He also has great vitality, enthusiasm and confidence. Some people misinterpret his confidence and that's another reason they call him a character. We mentioned this to him.
"I think most people are dishonest with themselves. They don't properly analyze themselves or else they come up with a wrong analysis. They don't give themselves enough credit for their abilities and contrarily they don't recognize their own limitations. I think I know mine, so some people call me an egotist.
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