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opens toni nt i REMAN dio he ay His acting career spans two de-
p i ; : saint in ; “hg cades, beginning at the Manitoba
7 ‘ ets ‘ f 4) Mieka: ‘ , Theatre Workshop where he
ai Aris Club begs se a o Seal Sc he remembers approaching a director
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and declaring his intention to act
(“He said ‘Oh, great,’ and put
me to work reupholstering
benches.""), and includes roles in
the features We're No Angels, The
Grocer’s Wife, and the Genie
Award-winning animation, The Big
Snit — not to mention over 200 TV
appearances.
Brazeau's theatre resume is
every bit as impressive. ;
By year’s end he will have star-
Bee : / ee Loeee lt Aa . _ red in four stage plays, including
SPOTLIGHT FEATURE cee at aN : ET Sy eS Sa : uz) the Richmond Gateway produc-
ah Phen nte eas a sae ; 6 See Fi oe erg iD eae ‘ tion of Cyrano de Bergerac, Critni-
' tore i 3 FS Rp GAT oa it ma slits PS rea te ce nals in Love, in which he'll co-star
Ne pecan Se aerate
y ; vy , . a Hat Tin Roof, which opens to-
many say their teacher or eee wR TE meri fe BPG night at the Arts Club Theatre.:
_some great film starinspired = [EF Sp eee ses fi Se UR ote And yet far all of hisac-
them to revolutionize their Pa ken cE : pn cto J] Comps te prazeay paints his
. . : fea 5 ; 8 , tenuous even.
acting technique. . fates So nn Nb Bare era ea ia es ey ’ The last year-and-a-half has been
Jay Brazeav is the first to credit eae ‘ Aaa ian omnis 1; nae SSIS . slow as far as film roles go, and he
his 11-month-old son. ; Ae Se yee oe SURO ERP iea a nee 2 a iene says it hasn’t been as financially
‘My whole process of acting NEWS photo Paul McGrath: «= ‘ewarding as he would have liked.

has changed through him,” ‘ i j 4 .  “tdon’tk any Canadi
Brazeau says of his new-born, the ing VANCOU VER actor Jay Brazeau reflects on life, acting, and becoming a better human be now any Canadian

grandiosely-named Jean Anton
Napolean Brazeau, who he and .
wife, actor Suzanne Ristic, lovingly It's changed more than just his -
refer to as “Johnny Tony.” acting: like Napolean fils, Brazeau
‘4 see the purity and simplicity finds himself constantly making
in everything he does. Everything —_ new discoveries about the world.
is a new discovery — a piece of “| just learned how to drive
- dirt on the floor. This morning he three years ago,”’ confesses the
discovered a tape measure. burly Winnipeg native. “Now |
Yesterday it was the toilet paper really want to learn how to swim.
roll.” “| put in a toilet the other day
The child-like qualities of in- — it was great. it was as satisfying
nocence, curiosity and emotional as winning a Jessie Award,” he
straightforwardness have affected says with a good-natured smirk,
the North Vancouver resident’s “and | didn't even have to make
-acting for the better, “a speech afterwards,”’

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