David Carradine

They just found David Carradine dead in his Bangkok hotel room.

Was on a film he starred in a few years back, not long after his role in Kill Bill 2. When he walked on set the first day I saw for the first time the true manifestation of the word presence. Not a big man, he commanded the room and all eyes.

I recall one time being in his trailer as he sipped absinthe straight from the bottle. He told me a story about when his daughter complained he was fearless and explained to him that it's natural to have fear - all animals have fear. His response was, "lions don't".