Mink Stole Speech at John Waters Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony

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https://www.maximotv.com  American actress Mink Stole speech at John Waters Hollywood Walk of Fame Star unveiling ceremony held at the 6644 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California USA on September 18, 2023. This video is only available for editorial use on Broadcast TV, online, and worldwide platforms. To ensure compliance and proper licensing of this video, please contact us. ©MaximoTV

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00:00 (chimes tinkling)

00:03 - Is a frequent collaborator and lifelong friend of John's

00:07 who has appeared in all of John's feature films.

00:10 Please help me welcome to the stage, Mink Stoll.

00:15 (audience cheering)

00:18 - Hello.

00:28 I was a clueless 19 year old when I met John

00:33 and he was an as yet unmoustached 20.

00:37 I was drawn to him immediately because he was so smart,

00:42 so funny, so confident, and so totally unlike anyone

00:46 that I had ever met.

00:48 What I didn't realize that he was totally unlike anyone

00:52 that anybody had ever met.

00:55 Or how lucky that meeting would be for me.

00:59 A few months later, as John and I were walking

01:01 around Baltimore putting up handmade flyers

01:04 in phone booths and laundromats to attract an audience

01:08 for a church basement screening of Roman Candles,

01:12 a film that needed three eight millimeter projectors

01:15 and a tape recorder to show,

01:18 I didn't know if anybody would come to see it,

01:21 but they did.

01:22 We sold it out and they loved it.

01:25 (audience cheering)

01:29 As the films grew technologically better,

01:33 the audiences grew with them.

01:35 They grew in size, in diversity, and in devotion.

01:40 Now I don't know how John's brain works.

01:44 I don't know how he comes up with characters

01:46 like the egg lady who lives in a crib in her underwear.

01:50 Or cereal mom who murders to avenge society's missteps.

01:55 But I don't care.

01:58 What I do know is that John is brilliant,

02:02 he is decent, unfailingly decent,

02:05 and he is the hardest working man in show business.

02:09 (audience cheering)

02:12 I am proud of the work that I've done with John,

02:15 but I have to tell you that I am far more proud

02:19 of the fact that for well over half a century,

02:23 he has been my friend.

02:26 John, I love you to pieces, and I am so happy for you.

02:30 Congratulations on this.

02:33 Thank you very much.

02:34 (audience cheering)

02:37 (audience applauding)

02:40 (applause)

02:43 (whooshing)

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