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Post by Dricks on Jun 3, 2005 21:33:04 GMT -5
Hi everyone ! I was looking the olds threads and there´s so many with the same subject: Eric Close on magazines, paper articles, etc. So, I figure we could put all the info together in just one thread.
From now, put all the information about Eric´s mention on written press here; that includes articles, pictures, interviews, whatever !
And just not to get things mixed or confused, let´s do this way:
[glow=red,2,300]Put the name of the paper (or magazine) on GLOW color [/glow] - just click on the "G" buttom on the menu. If you can, please PUT THE LINK to the article, picture or other so we all can see it!
I´m locking the old threads and I´ll delete them later.
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Post by Dricks on Jun 3, 2005 21:43:44 GMT -5
some oldies... There's a little article on Eric in the [glow=red,2,300]March 21 volume of Star[/glow] (with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on the cover). It's basically a quick question and answer thing but I thought it was cute. I can't scan images but I transcribed it: Eric Close Q&A Actor Eric Close searches for missing people on the hit CBS show "Without A Trace"; Star talks to the 37-year-old actor about his fears and loves. Q: What really scares you? A: Low-fat food! Anything that has random preservatives in it. My philosophy is, if it's natural, eat it. Q: Do love scenes scare you? A: (laughs) I like them when somebody else is doing them! Trust me, it's very technical. There are about 50 people standing around you - very unnatural. Q: What about marriage scares you? A: I've been married for 10 years, so not much. My favorite date night with my wife is going out for sushi, grabbing a movie, going home, building a fire in the fireplace, breaking out a little wine, maybe playing some cribbage, and I have to stop there, because [pause] . . . the curtain closes. There is a picture of him and the caption reads: A native of Staten Island, Close works with the show's consultant, former FBI agent Mark Llewellyn, for tips on playing a federal agent. In Eric Close´s thread at FanForun was posted a link with this article, "Hot, Hotter and Hottest", "The definitive guide to who and what is sexy right now". Eric was listed at "TVStars" category. article and full listWell, I already knew he was hot .. HE IS HOT !
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Post by Dricks on Dec 1, 2005 19:03:31 GMT -5
Okay, here are two articles posted by Riley and Susan on a separate thread (I´m bumping cause they belong here) Flicking through this week's [glow=red,2,300]New Zealand TV Guide[/glow] there is an article about Eric Close that I thought I would share with everyone. Nothing Martin/Sam related but I thought it was worth sharing anyway. Eric's Missing New ZealandWithout a Trace has turned actor Eric Close into a major United States TV star. And New Zealand helped him on his way.Eric Close's heart lies in New York. He was born there and plays a tough FBI agent from that city on Without a Trace. Despite his big-city lifestyle, he admits he has a soft spot for New Zealand. "It's been a long time since I've been in New Zealand but I have fond memories," says Eric, who plays agent Martin Fitzgerald on the popular TV2 drama. "It's been almost 13 years now. I went there and worked on Hercules with Kevin Sorbo. I also did a TV pilot down there called McKenna. And both times after I got done working, I stayed for two weeks and travelled around both islands with a car and my tent. It was fantastic." Nowadays, Eric spends his time looking for missing Americans on Without a Trace, a scenario that happens more than he realized when he started filming the series. "We're doing an episode right now that takes place in Mexico. And if the statistics are correct, they have about 3000 abductions a year in just this one region of Mexico so it goes on quite a bit worldwide," says Eric. "So definitely working on the show has made me more alert. It's heightened my natural instincts." Luckily for Eric, who has two daughters under the age of seven, he has not had to experience the disappearance of a family member aside from a minor incident with his brother. "When I was a kid, my brother Christopher disappeared for a couple of hours at the San Diego Wild Animal Park and that was pretty scary because he was probably only around five or six years old," he says. "I remember being very terrified but we ended up finding him at the gorilla exhibit. He was just hanging out watching the gorillas and making faces at them. But in all seriousness, having a family of my own, when you lose sight of them, ever for a few seconds whether you're at the beach or at the zoo or somewhere where there's a lot of people, it makes you nervous real quick. But I can't claim to totally understand what [parents of missing children] would be going through. It's something I don't want to have to know." Story by Charlotte CowanThe following is actually a different (recent 11/17/05) article on EC, this one from the [glow=red,2,300] Courier Mail (Queensland, Australia)[/glow]. Quite revealing about him personally and a bit spoilerish! Here is the text, link below: (there's a picture of him but it's a stock promo photo everyone has seen) Close to Real Life Without a trace of insincerity, Eric Close says family comes before fame, writes Catriona Mathewson 17nov05
THEY say truth is stranger than fiction, so how about this – a celebrity interview actually running early.
"A journalist has gone missing," actor Eric Close says, explaining that the missed interview has put him a little ahead of schedule. Amusingly, the missing journo couldn't be in better hands, given that Close is the star of Nine'sWithout a Trace, a fictional drama which follows the exploits of the FBI's Missing Person's Unit in New York. "A journalist has gone missing, but don't worry we'll find him. I told them we'd rally the team and take care of it," Close, who plays FBI agent Martin Fitzgerald, jokes.
The 38-year-old actor is something of an enigma in the often self-obsessed and faithless world of showbiz. He's a happily married man with a strong religious streak.
He has been known to write Bible quotes alongside autographs and his wife Kerry was once quoted as saying that one of her husband's most attractive qualities was that he was "on fire for God".
"Family and having faith keeps you grounded," Close says. "This world can pull you in so many directions and distract you from what's important.
"Like chasing after trying to become rich. I think so many people do that and get to the end of their life and look back and think, 'Why did I waste so much time trying to make an extra buck and lose time with family and friends building memories?'."
To Close, taking time to enjoy friends, family and life in general is vital. This attitude – of appreciating what you have rather than longing for more – he says is probably a result of his family background. His maternal grandparents fled Hungary during communist rule, losing all their possessions.
"In Hungary they were pretty well-to-do," Close says. "My grandfather went from being a successful attorney in Hungary to sweeping floors at an elementary school in Michigan."
Close's philosophy is simply: "Life itself is a gift. I don't live to work, I work to live."
Although his father was a surgeon, he regularly took time off for family holidays, a pattern Close has tried to emulate, recently holidaying in Hawaii with his wife Kerry and daughters Katie, 7, and Ella, 4.
Thanks to his Aussie co-stars Anthony LaPaglia and Poppy Montgomery (with whom he was romantically entangled on-screen), Australia is now on his "to visit" list.
At the moment Close is trying his hand at scriptwriting, although he's keen to keep the project close to his chest until it's complete.
For now he is more than grateful for his role in Without a Trace. While here in Australia, the series is a solid but unremarkable performer, in the US it is a shining star, attracting more than 20 million viewers and knocking off formidable rival ER.
It is a nice place for Close to be after working through his fair share of bit parts. He is probably best known for playing Michael Wiseman, a genetically engineered perfect man in the short-lived series Now and Again.
And while it was a huge compliment to be cast as "the perfect man", Close says he spent hours in the gym every day to maintain his appearance.
These days he can afford to take it a little easier, although he says he has taken up running to drop weight for an upcoming plot development in Without A Trace.
"I have to physically kind of get a little bit thinner just because of challenges my character faces in season four."
Without a Trace season finale, Nine, Wednesday 9.30pm Without a Trace – season 2 (Warner Bros $59.95) was released on DVD this week
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Post by SeptemberBaby on Mar 31, 2006 17:22:41 GMT -5
This came up in my Google Alerts: www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Apr06/Art_Apr06_11.html[glow=red,2,300]Tracing a good marriage CBS actor Eric Close, wife, Keri, lead marriage class at their church[/glow] By Dan Wooding — ANS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Actor Eric Close plays FBI agent Martin Fitzgerald in the hit CBS TV series, “Without a Trace,” but off the set his passion is to see marriages built up in and around “Tinsel Town.” Close, granting an interview at the 14th annual Movieguide Faith & Values Awards Gala March 2, said he and his wife, Keri, have taught a marriage class at their church for four years. The couple married in 1995. “I have got to really take my hat of to my wife because she really does the bulk of the work in research,” he said at the event, with his wife by his side on the Red Carpet. The couple has two daughters, Katie, 7, and Ella, 4. “She’s a therapist by trade and so she has a great understanding of marriage and counseling and I kind of go along for the ride. We both have a passion about marriage and love to see people work hard at their marriage and love for each other and it’s great when it does work out.” Keri said she believes marriage requires work, something that would benefit many Hollywood couples, whose marriages seem to be breaking up all of the time. “It’s great when you are working at it,” she said. “So really people should make that their priority because all the other stuff goes away and doesn’t necessarily last, but if you put your faith in God and your spouse and your relationship, I think that keeps you grounded. “It’s good for me that I am not in the industry, so Eric can leave work at work and come home and be there as part of his family.” Her husband added that the pace of Hollywood and its financial demands can undermine relationships. “I think it is important, as Keri said, to have priorities and I understand the pressures that a lot of these people are under,” the actor said. “When you have a $50 million film on your shoulders every six months or every eight weeks, whatever it is, and you are jet setting all over the world, it’s hard to find quality time to nurture your relationship and so it is unfortunate. “It’s really tough to make a relationship work if you are not with each other, so right now I am very fortunate to be in a situation where I am working, but I do get to spend quite a bit of quality time with Keri and our family.” Faith renewed Eric Close said the groundwork for his faith in Christ came as an adolescent when he was enrolled in a private Christian school. “But I really solidified my choice to follow Jesus when I was about 20 years old and that’s when it really started to make sense to me as an adult. “It was the greatest decision that I ever made in my life.” Close, a presenter for the gala, was invited to the event by Dr. Ted Baehr, the founder of the Movieguide and the annual awards. “It’s nice to part of a group that honors good storytelling and films and television that put out good content that appropriate for the younger viewers and families and people who care about that,” he said. The Staten Island, N.Y. native shunned the notion that it was tough being a Christian in Hollywood. “I find that people are very respectful. Look, I work alongside my Jewish brothers and sisters and we have a great time and we respect each other’s faiths, which are not too dissimilar. The other thing is great is that we love to tell stories. You have a big group of storytellers getting together. It’s a lot of fun.” Published by Keener Communications Group, April 2006
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Post by ginal on Mar 31, 2006 18:07:22 GMT -5
Thanks Septemberbaby for sharing this interesting interview
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Post by Isabell on Apr 1, 2006 8:02:54 GMT -5
That was really a great interview with Eric and Keri. Thanks for sharing Septemberbaby!
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Post by bdoney on Apr 1, 2006 19:01:23 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing that great interview. Eric really is a wonderful person.
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Post by bdoney on May 8, 2006 16:58:51 GMT -5
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Post by SeptemberBaby on May 8, 2006 18:09:07 GMT -5
^^^ I think it's definitely from this year.. he talks about Martin's addiction and it's mentioned that the 4th season is about to wrap up. Thanks for posting it!
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Post by katydid13 on May 8, 2006 19:45:03 GMT -5
That's a really nice article. I always like hearing what people might have done differently. I also think its funny because I would have taken college less seriously.
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Post by katydid13 on May 8, 2006 19:49:35 GMT -5
I found this old article on the internet. It's an interesting read. I think based on the timing the young woman he wouldn't name is Keri.
From: Soap Opera Digest, October 13, 1992.
LEAP OF FAITH This Santa Barbara star (Eric Close) is ready to climb every mountain in his quest to do his best. By Gene Sobczak.
Just The Facts: Birthday: May 24 Early Inspiration: Shirley Temple, The Little Rascals Where He First Met Kim Zimmer: They played Suzanne Somers's brother and sister in the TV movie Keeping Secrets. Favourite Singer: John Mellencamp Favourite Athlete: John McEnroe If Tiger Beat wanted to feature him as the Teen Dream Of The Month he would: "Talk it over with my people," he laughs.
Leaping from a daunting height while attached to only an elastic harness is not an experience for the faint of heart, but for Santa Barbara's Eric Close, bungee jumping seems to be a perfectly natural activity. "It's the closest you can come to death willingly," he says.
Despite his appetite for adventure, the ambitious young actor has not spent his life blindly jumping off cliffs. "It's nothing to do with danger," he says. "I'm extremely careful in whatever I do. I won't go off the ground more than ten feet without ropes, because I can't afford to. If I get hurt, I won't be able to work."
Work is central to Close. Admitting that he likes to "push the limits" in whatever he does, Close can scale the towering rock formations at Joshua Tree National Monument. He's set his sights on climbing Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. Co-star Paula Irvine (Lilly Blake) remarks, "Eric is very concerned about his work. He is interested in making each thing he does the best he can make it."
The graduate of the University of Southern California brings what can only be described as a highly developed moral perspective to everything he does, including recreation. With a friend, he co-founded an outdoor-adventurers' group called Dream-Makers, whose objective, Close says, is "to accomplish our dreams in life through moral support and encouragement. What we do is go out and do adventurous things like river rafting, rock climbing and scuba diving."
Close's love for the great outdoors developed at a very early age. "I was about three weeks old when my parents took me on a trip up and down the New England coastline," he recalls. "I remember I was already carrying my own backpack when I was five."
Family vacations are still a big part of Close's life; the Closes recently took a trip to the British Virgin Islands together. "If I am going to do anything in my spare time, I do it with my family," Close says. The actor, who lives with his two younger brothers, Randy and Chris, says, "I have a couple of friends, but that's it."
With such a scaled-down life, Close has more time to concentrate on his work. He likes and even admires his Santa Barbara character, Sawyer Walker. "I think he's cool," Close says. "I think it's great that he's a gentleman. And he's ambitious. He's like the all-American guy." The similarities Close has to Sawyer are not lost on him. "It's like [head writer] Pam Long has been watching me," he says. "But I'm also finding that Sawyer does have things that are different [about him], because the joy of acting is making a role your own by creating a character."
One big difference between actor and character is the role religion plays in each man's life. Whereas the spirituality of the Walker family is not a theme on Santa Barbara, Close's deep commitment to living a spiritual life sets him apart.
"Whatever I do, whether it's acting or [spending time with] my family or rock climbing, I want to honour God," he says. "I believe that because of Him, all of the things I'm doing now have been possible. A lot of people don't take a stand for something like that, but that's the way I feel. I'm not forcing religion. I'm just stating what gives me drive in my life."
While Close admits he won't take to the streets of Hollywood and say, "Hey, read the Bible," he believes that by being an example to others he can convey his message. "I want to help other people and give of myself. I find that Christ, through his example, has given me strength."
Naturally, Close's pious nature leads him away from many of the flashy temptations of the L.A. lifestyle. "I don't go out to clubs," he says. "It's not what I do. I would rather go rock climbing and sailing." He has an ongoing relationship with a young woman he'd rather not name, who does not live in California. He is by nature, he says, "sexually conservative." Romantic possibilities depend upon meeting a woman who understands where he comes from. "If I'm thinking about dating someone who shares my faith and my moral standards, if that's something they believe in, I'll see them," he says. "If not, I won't take it any further."
All in all, it sounds like a serious life. "You know what they say," he says. "To get something done, you give it to someone who's busy. I'm working. It's my career, and I do the best I can at it," he states matter-of-factly. "You have to be willing to fall on your face and get back up and do it again. It's like anything you do. The more you climb...the more jobs you start booking...you just can't help but get better."
Sunrise At Chatsworth Photographer Maureen Donaldson stood in a harness on the ledge of a helicopter to photograph the world's longest limousines for Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous, but she declined Eric Close's offer to accompany him as he went rock climbing in Chatsworth in California's West San Fernando Valley. "I told him that at my age, I wouldn't do it," she says. But she did meet Close and his brother Chris at dawn to photograph the actor doing what he loves best. "It was a neck-breaking experience," she laughs.
Donaldson reports that Close is a "perfectionist" who won't give up on a mountain once he decides to climb it. "There was one rock that he couldn't get. He kept trying and falling, but he had to do it so he got there. He's a very gentle spirit and has a great deal of inner strength. I was very impressed with that combination. He obviously comes from a very close family, as evidenced by his camaraderie with his brother."
Donaldson says that Close provided refreshments: "By the time we left, it was steaming hot and the sweat was pouring off us. Thank God Eric had the foresight to bring bottled water; everybody was dehydrated and guzzling it."
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Post by SeptemberBaby on May 25, 2006 19:18:31 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Eric's reading again!! [/glow] www2.townonline.com/cambridge/atGlance/view.bg?articleid=502031School news Thursday, May 25, 2006 Haggerty's Kosko a 'Literacy Leader' Karen Kosko, a librarian at the Haggerty School, was named a "Literacy Leader" and given a Crystal Book Award at an event held at the school May 12. Eric Close, one of the stars in the CBS drama "Without a Trace," joined Melinda Boroson, author of "86 Years: The Legend of the Boston Red Sox" in reading to students and talking to them about the importance of reading. Boroson's book about the Red Sox is featured on this year's Massachusetts Teachers Association Red Sox Reading Game poster, featuring catcher Jason Varitek. Schools throughout the state will be receiving posters and Reading Game entry forms and bookmarks soon. Forms may also be downloaded from our literacy Web site at readingmatters.org. Students who pledge to read nine books over the summer will be eligible to receive free tickets to a Red Sox game on Sept. 10. Kosko said it is important for adults to help kids achieve their goals by modeling reading and for reading with students over the summer. "Summer is a time to try something fun," Kosko said. "Summer reading can happen anywhere - in the back yard, at Fresh Pond, along the banks of the Charles or in your favorite chair at home. Just read."
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Post by berta101 on May 25, 2006 21:07:05 GMT -5
That's awesome! I'm glad he's involved with thing's like this. It kinda shows that he cares
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Post by katydid13 on May 26, 2006 1:48:20 GMT -5
I bet Eric reads an excellent bedtime story to his girls!
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Post by Rofy on May 26, 2006 9:16:42 GMT -5
My God! Can he get any better??!!
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