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The Talk | Richard & Anthea

RICHARD ‘I backed into acting through my roommate “ACT III”, which is a memoir about retiring to
ROMANUS: who was casting roles in a low budget horror Skiathos (read the first few chapters of “ACT
movie where I was to be sawed in half. I then
ΙΙΙ”. It’s a wonderful story), “Chrysalis”, a novel
began studying with Lee Strasberg at his about a 17-year-old girl in Metsovo at the
Carnegie Hall studio. After a few small parts beginning of WWII, “Sketches of Skiathos”,
in television shows my first major role came as the character “Michael” in Martin a series of short stories about the island, its
Scorcese’s classic film “Mean Streets”. character and people, “Portraits of Skiathos”,
‘In the years that followed I performed in many stage productions, films, and featuring individuals on Skiathos who enriched
television shows while still writing songs. In addition to acting, I am credited as the the island, and “Evangelistria: A Short History”.
composer on several independent films. With my wife of 43 years, Anthea Sylbert, ‘There is a kind of magic in Skiathos that’s
I wrote and produced two long form television movies, “Giving Up the Ghost” in woven in a web of extraordinary natural beauty
1998 and “If You Believe” in 1999, for which we were nominated for a Writers Guild together with extraordinary people leading
of America award for Best Original Screenplay. ordinary lives. To experience it is to always
‘When we thought we were able, my wife and I left Hollywood and built a house long for it. Our life here is small and essentially
in Skiathos, where I have written five books available in Greek and in English: uneventful, thank God. We read, write, eat,

Richard Romanus on
the set of “Oscar”. O
Ρίτσαρντ Ρομάνους στα
γυρίσματα της ταινίας
«Δύο Γυναίκες, Τρεις
Βαλίτσες κι Εγώ».