The Teachings of Harry Dean Stanton

I must have seen Harry Dean Stanton in hundreds of TV Westerns like Rawhide and Gunsmoke, but I didn't notice him until I saw Paris Texas. Yeah. Where he walks out of the desert. Next time I noticed him was in Repo Man which is possibly my favorite movie. Yesterday I looked at some of the 'add-ons' to the director's cut DVD of Repo Man and found an interview with Harry Dean Stanton done I think in 2002. To my amazement I discovered that he is a deep and austere Buddhist. How strange. No smooth-faced serenity in his corroded features! I bet Terry Gross and Charlie Rose etc run at the sound of his name, but if they had the courage to withstand his "you just don't get it, do you?"s it would be great stuff to watch and listen to.