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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».
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