Fun Facts, Trivia, Quotes and other Strange Stuff....

• Is a huge New York Knicks fan.
• Used his own Lincoln Continental in The Long Goodbye before donating it to The National Automobile Museum (the Hurrah's collection) in Reno, Nevada. There were only three built and just one is known to exist today.
• Was considered Special Progress as a child and was placed in a higher grade at school.
• Is still married to second wife Jennifer Bogart but has been living separately from her since 1989.
• Their son Sam was born in the kitchen of their home.
• Although very discreet about his romantic life, Gould has been involved with Jennifer O'Neill, Valerie Perrine, Diane Keaton, Gilda Radner, Victoria Principal and Bianca Jagger, just to name a few....
• Loves being an actor, but if he had to choose again, Gould would rather have become a doctor or lawyer.
• Favorite ice cream flavor is nutty coconut.
• Has an authentic penchant for hot dogs with kraut.
• Can hold his own with rabbis, scholars and other erudite folk on matters of the Torah.

Some strange stuff...

• Lived for a time in the house previously owned by Mary Astor.
• Has read audio books of everything from the Shakespeare sonnets and the poetry of Robert Frost to Howard Stern's 'King of All Media' and the complete works of Raymond Chandler.
• Has a prediliction for J&B Whiskey.
• Loves to gamble.
• His favorite book is Charlotte's Web by E.B. White.
• Lives in the same Manhattan high-rise as Donald Sutherland.
• Was blasted by The Jewish Defense League for his role in American History X for his character's "passivity".
• Came close to drowning during a take of the night ocean scene in The Long Goodbye.
• Elliott's photo from Getting Straight mysteriously appears in numerous shots in the 1997 film Boogie Nights
• The famous game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" should have been named "2.63601 Degrees of Elliott Gould" since that's how many steps, on average, that Elliott can be connected to every other actor in show business, which places him in the list of the top 5 actors of the universe regarding "connectedness".

Quotes

On Marriage :

• "Marriage means a marriage of minds. But I had no mind when I got married, just a brain. I didn't know who I was and I was afraid of my own mind. To be able to touch one's mind is to touch one's soul. When one mind connects with another mind, you can feel the other person's presence on the other side of the earth, then you have a marriage."

On Pyschoanalysis :

• "I finally stopped going to my analyst when he began having me explain things to him."

On His Own Resilence :

• "I'm the original rubber man and I'm bouncing right back."

On Sexuality :

• "If you can't have a relationship with your sexual counterpart, though it is essential to have a relationship with somebody, it can't be wrong. Just let it flow."

On Pride :

• "A grain of pride is good for the heart, but no more than that."

On His Own Identity :

• "There's not a moment that I'm not Jewish and I cherish it."

On Survival :

• "Quitters never win and winners never quit."

A couple of other Elliottisms for good measure :

• "It's not what you do that counts, it's what you are. (Getting Straight)"

• "I wanna do what I wanna do, Lady, not what they want me to do ! (Little Murders)

• "...is one of the funniest guys on the planet." - George Clooney"