'I always felt like I was struggling as a young person. I think everyone was very surprised to hear that I wanted to be an actor.' - MarkRuffalo Emmys
Years earlier Ruffalo underwent surgery to remove what was revealed to be a benign brain tumor. From the operation, Ruffalo made a full recovery, but for each of his characters, the scars of their lives show through. Whether playing a cop or a drifter, a do-gooder or a creep , Ruffalo’s performances have the candid verve of a naked man trying but failing to cover himself and his wounds. His characters are ever trying to protect others from what they fear most in themselves.
Typical of the breadth of his choices and the range of his ability, the two movies he stars in this summer could hardly be more different. In John Carney’s, Ruffalo plays a physically and psychologically rumpled record executive whose life is falling apart at the shaggy seams. And in Larry Kramer’s adaptation of his Tony Award-winning play, directed by Ryan Murphy and premiering on HBO May 25, Ruffalo plays an impassioned activist at the epicenter of the AIDS holocaust in 1980s New York.
Passion and activism are nothing new for Ruffalo, who has, since the late 1990s, lived at least part time in Callicoon, New York, and subsequently become the leading celebrity spokesperson in the anti-fracking movement. Back in New York City, and taking a break from filmingin London to celebrate his daughter’s birthday, Ruffalo arranged to speak with hisco-star Julia Roberts, who was at home in Los Angeles—he had to postpone, then called her the next day.JULIA ROBERTS: Oh, it’s so fine.
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