What supporting actress (Unstoppable) Rosario Dawson thinks of RRs.

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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“Railroads seem so separate from everything else; it’s part of the hum of the background of American life. But the reality is, it’s the arteries and veins of America. So [the film’s potential disaster] could destroy a whole area, but it could also stop us from having spinach on the entire Eastern seaboard,” she says, then adds with a smile, “Trains have always been a background character, but in this it’s a main character. It’s the diva, as a matter of fact. That train was a bitch.”### ### From the LA Times.

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Interesting quote - thanks for posting it !

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Not bad, nice quote from her!

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Wow, really spoke the truth actually. [:O]

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Aye, and that is a shame in my view. Not that she expressed herself with her appreciation, but that her assertion has a ring of truth about it for those who might not know/appreciate the nature and value of railroads. I mean people all over would probably nod in a non-reflective way, and turn to adding ketchup to their fries a second later. Railroads are about two steps above the large sewers under the streets…everyone knows they’re there, but who wants to think about them?

Crandell

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Tha tis true here in North America much more so than in Europe…I just recently returned from a trip to Germany and was surprised that trains there are very much at the forefront in the public perception…maybe because rail travel there is still more widely used.

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See also the thread here captioned as “Railroads in the public perception” at -

http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/182717.aspx

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Let’s not give the lady too much credit. “That train was a female dog”: What’s that supposed to mean?

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I have not seen the movie, but I bet that is a quote from it. The “female dog” is the PG rated version of a mild explitive for something that is difficult.

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She really isnt that good of an actor.

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Of course she isn’t much of an “actor”… SHE is an “actress”!

Sorry, I guess that is not very Politically Correct now-a-days… but then I don’t think it is PC to be PC today either.

I guess I just want to live back in the time when women were women and men were glad of it.

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Her comments on railroads notwithstanding–and I don’t know if she was trying to portray them positively or negatively–you can’t bag on Rosario Dawson’s acting abilities. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her in a movie that I didn’t like her in. C’mon, now.