Glenn Close and Sam Elliott on the Power of Small Roles and the Allure of Westerns

Glenn Close and Sam Elliott sat down for a conversation for Variety’s Actors on Actors.

For more, click here.Sam Elliott may be a cinematic icon thanks to his craggy voice and résumé of cowboy roles, but he has yet to be recognized with an Oscar nomination.

That will probably change with “A Star Is Born,” which has earned Elliott some of the best reviews of his career for his portrayal of Bobby, the brother and manager of Bradley Cooper’s alcoholic superstar Jackson Maine.Glenn Close, another Hollywood veteran, is no stranger to the awards circuit.

Over her distinguished career, she’s earned six Oscar nominations.

She’s likely to pick up her seventh nod for “The Wife,” a drama about a woman who is the true literary force behind her Nobel Prize-winning husband.

Close and Elliott discussed their respective films, their love of the Western and why

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