Robert Duvall Charms and Educates as Part of the Brilliant
Lecture Series  Categories: Stage  Actor Robert Duvall brought
his experience, outstanding talent and forthright articulateness
to the Wortham Center last night, courtesy of the Brilliant
Lecture Series, and cold rain and impending sleet didn't stop a
large audience from attending. Duvall has won an Oscar, two
Emmys, and four Golden Globe awards, but remains unassuming,
though very much a man who knows his own mind.  That
characteristic is by now part of the Duvall legend, and Duval
relates the story of a man about to direct him in a film, who,
concerned in anticipation, asked a friend: "How does one direct
Robert Duvall?" The friend replied: "That's easy - just say
'Action'. And 'Cut!"  Part of Duvall's discussion naturally
dealt with the acclaimed six-hour television mini-series
Lonesome Dove, based on the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel of the
same name by Larry McMurtry. Duvall portrayed Augustus "Gus"
McCrae, a favorite role, and reports that he ide