RANDY QUAID - QUAID PRAISES 'ALL-TIME GREAT' LEDGER

QUAID PRAISES 'ALL-TIME GREAT' LEDGER

Veteran actor RANDY QUAID has paid tribute to HEATH LEDGER, describing his late co-star's turn in BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN as "one of the all-time great performances". Quaid was shocked to hear 28-year-old Ledger had been found dead in his New York apartment last month (22Jan08), and believes Hollywood has lost one of its most talented actors. He says, "Heath was a pretty low-key guy. We talked a bit while we were making the movie (Brokeback Mountain), mostly about Australian football - he was a big football player. "The great actors are the ones that can slip into the role, lose their regular persona in the role, and Heath was able do that. He was a great actor. His performance in Brokeback was one of the all-time great performances on film."