James Caan – 1940-2022: a top-tier talent whose greatest roles echoed his own life

Rest is History on Instagram: "James Caan spoke often about how much Thief meant to him. In multiple interviews late in his career, he listed it among his personal favorites, right alongside The Godfather. And when asked what he was proudest of as an actor, he pointed to the diner scene he performed with Tuesday Weld. Years later, Caan explained that the monologue became a teaching piece at the Actors Studio and that the emotional precision of the scene was the kind of work he hoped to be rememb