Everybody is dealing with the COVID-19 quarantines and restrictions in different ways. While there’s no single right way to cope — social distancing and staying TF home aside — staying connected with friends, family, and neighbors is a good place to start. You can contact your loved ones on your own, but you might also be curious how your favorite strangers in Pittsburgh are coping, so CP is reaching out once a day to beloved city icons to see how they’re doing.
Today, it’s Pittsburgh film performer/actor/makeup/FX specialist Tom Savini.
What is your day-to-day routine like now? For instance, it’s approaching 3 p.m. on Tue., March 31. How did you spend your morning? What happens this afternoon?
My daily routine pretty much stays the same. I work out in my home gym while watching the Match Game from the ’70s on the TV. That’s usually two hours starting at 11 a.m. Then I’ll do breakfast and it’s usually from a vat of potato and cabbage soup I make that takes more calories to eat than are in it. Then I continue sculpting on the newest mask I’m creating.
What’s an object in your house or office that you’ve come to depend on/enjoy since the quarantines and restrictions began?
I’m spending more time in my gym.
What is your favorite food to eat at the moment?
I pretty much answered that in [question 1], but I have to add my wife’s angel hair Bolognese.
What piece of art/film/book/TV/music is bringing you comfort/inspiration at this time?
Roger Ebert’s book of reviews of his favorite films and my vast horror library and DVD collection. A different movie a day and that could keep me busy for years.
What are you most excited to do when the restrictions and quarantines are lifted?
Fly to L.A. and keep my May reservations at The Magic Castle, and definitely a beach somewhere.
What film or project that you’ve worked on would you recommend checking out while we’re all staying at home?
My Smoke And Mirrors documentary on Shudder.
What’s an organization or charity that you recommend giving to or supporting during this time?
Your local merchants.
This article appears in Apr 1-7, 2020.
Big Tom Savini.
Many people do not know he has the best body in holiwood or cinema at 73 years old.
I hope to see tom in the effects of a new zombie movie and director.
since George left us and could not finish autopsy of the dead.
reflextion:
People train in the gym lift 200 kg damage the joints irreversibly because they believe that say in tv cinema eternal youth does not think about tomorrow. they are 50 or 60 years old (they even get to that) they leave the gym.
It’s a shame to ignore that the gym is very helpful in maintaining a decent old age.
when you are young it is only aesthetic, but the hypocrisy of humanity is greater
tom savini is 1%