The following articles have been written by/about Michael Moriarty.
Moriarty, Michael. "Trees for All the Dead Children" Penthouse pg. 138-139 (Sept., 1995).
"Michael Moriarty: This Week"Frank [Canadian] Issue 251, pg. 16-17 (July 29, 1997)
"Dammit Janet," Reason Magazine Vol 29, n1, pg. 17, (May, 1997)
Lee, Pat. "Moriarty's Mission" Halifax Herald (April 24, 1997)
His current preoccupation is playing detective Gordon Tallas in Major Crime ... "It's a great role," he [MM] says. "I haven't ever played an animal and this guy's an animal of nature. He's like a hunting dog. When he finds a scent he doesn't stop. And he does break a few rules along the way."
Ebert, Roger. "Shiloh" Chicago Sun-Times (April 25, 1997)
Thomas, Kevin. "'Shiloh': Smart Tale of a Boy, a Dog and Growing Up" Los Angeles Times (April 25, 1997).
Anderson, John. "A Moral Tale Wags the Dog in 'Shiloh'" Long Island Newsday
"The cast is good, overall. Moriarty exudes patriarchy - and honor, when he insists that Marty take the dog back."
Saunders, Michael. "'Shiloh' let down by a dog of a script" Boston Globe (page d5, April 25. 1997)
"It's a solid job, consistent with the overall fine work turned in by Michael Moriarty..."
Byrne, Caroline. "Moriarty is out of order" Special to The Globe and Mail (Last week of January, 1997)
about his Symphony: "I've always had a passion for strings. I guess it's part of my inner soul. This is the first serious piece I ever wrote for a chamber ensemble, and it's the first time I'll hear it on 28 strings..." (Feb. 4, 1997 by The North York Symphony)
Psi Factor web site. "Award-winning actor Michael Moriarty joins cast of Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal when second season begins production in May.
"Moriarty, best-known for his four-year starring role on the network drama Law & Order, joins Psi Factor when it begins second-season production of 22 new episodes in May. He will appear as "Michael Kelly," advisor to the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research (O.S.I.R.) team, the investigators who explore alleged paranormal incidents weekly."
Johnson, Ian. "Actor Moriarty is a fan of his new home, Halifax" The Daily News Worldwide Halifax, NS. Entertainment Feature, (January 8, 1997)
"Moriarty ... plans to file for residency status. 'I'll still be a United States citizen ...,' Michael said"
Johnson, Ian."Dreams Dashed: A new mini-series recounts why the Avro Arrow never go off the ground" The Daily News Worldwide Halifax, NS. Entertainment Feature, (January 8, 1997)
"Also on hand, for a short but crucial role, is Michael Moriarty (Law & Order) as U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower. In a seemingly tranquil encounter while fishing, Eisenhower gives Diefenbaker a kindly warning: if Canada does not purchase BOMARC missiles, America will meet any Russian threat over Canada with missiles that could threaten Canadian cities."
"It's a pivotal scene," says Moriarty, who has made Halifax his home in recent months. "That little meeting in the boat blew away the Avro Arrow."
Frank Issue 234. (November 26, 1996)
The National Enquirer, pg. 32 (November 19, 1996)
"Mr. Moriarty Meets Sophie Loren II" Frank Issue 233, pg. 26 (November 12, 1996)
"An Unusual 'Fair Lady' at Westbury" Long Island Newsday (November 8, 1996)
"Just You Wait: Moriarty's Back as Henry Higgins in Westbury's 'My Fair Lady'"Long Island Newsday(September 8, 1996)
"None of this means he'll stop working in the United States: 'I have to earn a living.' The man is no fool."
"A Question for: Michael Moriarty,"The New York Times Magazine(June 30, 1996), p.13.
"The actor believes his political views -- stridently anti-government -- have nearly blacklisted him in Hollywood."
Schneller, Johanna."Profile: God, bombs and the barstool" Toronto Life (June, 1996), p. 10.
"Moriarty has a lot of good things to say about Canada -- he applauds the 'ornery' five-party system ..."
eWorld Online Interview with Michael Moriarty, (August, 1995)
Heard,Alex. An Apocalypse Special Report: The Michael Moriarty Saga (August 1, 1995)
Hunter, Ruth. The Unwitting Accessory (August 1, 1995)
Harris,Mark. 'Two Actors,' (from the book) "Diamond" (New York: Primus, Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1994) pp. 44-47. (Originally appeared in Pittsburgh Magazine in 1977 under the title "Obedience to Self." Reprinted by permission.)
"Moriarty was never aloof from discussion on any topic."
Martindale, David. "Crusader Man, The Other Michael Moriarty" A&E Monthly (September, 1994), p.19.
Kalbacker, Warren. "Michael Moriarty - 20 Questions" Playboy (July, 1994), 138-142.
"The joy and security in my second marriage is my ability to say to my wife anything going on in my head, sexually or otherwise. And that freedom has kept me faithful for 20 years because I don't have restrictions."
"I made the decision when I refused to be typecast."
Proffitt, Steve. "Michael Moriarty: When Fighting Against Censorship Means Defending Television Violence" Los Angeles Times, (March 6, 1994), Sec. M, p. 3.
Lavin, Cheryl. "Michael Moriarty" Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine (Dec. 12, 1993).
"Favorite childhood memory: My father driving 30 miles so I could hear Art Tatum play the piano. They wouldn't let me into the club because I was too young, so we stood outside the door, listening."
Byrne, Bridget. "Actor finds challenge in playing himself," Los Angeles Times Syndicate (June 16, 1993).
"The 52-year-old actor admits he wasn't comfortable with himself or his profession back in the '70s when Hollywood movies, such as the police drama "Report to the Commissioner" and the drug smuggling drama "Who'll Stop the Rain" gave him shots at major stardom."
"Playing Time"People Weekly(December 2, 1991).
"... the actor keeps his keyboard by a window of their Manhattan apartment near Carnegie Hall, so 'I look out for inspiration,' he says."
Simon, John. "Dexter Creed" New York magazine (theater review), (October 19, 1981), pg. 95.
Cook, Bruce. "An Actors Life for Me," The Detroit News,(May 18, 1980), pp. 45,48,50.
"A career is for life. He's in it for life."
"Talent on the Rise: Michael Moriarty 'Best Young Actor,'" US News and World Report, (August 20, 1979).
"In his most recent appearance on the New York stage in "G.R. Point" he was described by one critic as 'the best young actor on our stage.' Yet the play closed for lack of attendance, and Moriarty is still angry."
"The truth is, " he (MM) says, "that many good plays are simply not moneymakers. But they deserve to be shown. We have to make sure that there are ways to keep them before the public."
Grant, Lee. "'Dog Soldiers' -- The Vietnam Connection," (aka, "Who'll Stop the Rain")Los Angeles Times, (August 7, 1977).
Michael Moriarty. Current Biography,(1976) p. 268.
Flatley, Guy. "The Melancholy of Moriarty," Los Angeles Times, January 26, 1975
"The full actor always looks deeper and deeper inside himself ..."
Glover, William. "Moriarty Hits the Jackpot,"Los Angeles Times,(March 21, 1974), Part IV, p. 16.
".... the 6-foot-1, 32-year-old Detroiter with the boyish grin and emotional mercury emerged with the sort of personal notices that keep an career in orbit."
Flatley, Guy. "From Baseball Hero to Hustler, Michael's a Hit," New York Times, (January 27, 1974), Sec. 2, p. 1.
"Moriarty brings a strong sense of religion to his work ... it comes from a Jesuit high school education in Detroit."
The following books mention and/or feature Michael:
Inside Television Producing. Lindheim, R.D. and Blum, R.A. Focal Press
RE/search #10: Incredibly Strange Films. Juno, A. and Vale, V. publishers/editors. (1986)
This book contains an interview with Larry Cohen, director of Q and many other films. Mr. Cohen makes the following comments about Michael Moriarty and his performance in Q:
Concerning the scene where MM's Jimmy Quinn is told to pray: "Near the end of the picture I made up that scene and we more or less improvised on it -- it wasn't in the script." "Michael Moriarty's good about those things -- if you give him an idea on the spur of the moment and he's in character, he'll put the idea right into the character."
Concerning MM's song in Q: "Well, he wrote that song. That's another thing; we were on the set and in between takes he was sitting around listening to a Walkman. I said, 'What are you listening to?' and he replied, 'I'm listening to these songs I wrote.' I said, 'Let me hear them.' I put it on and I said, 'That's good, and I like the one about an 'Evil Dream.' I'll tell you what we should do: this guy shouldn't just be a little street punk, he wants to be better than that. He wants to be a singer, he writes songs, and he wants to get a job playing the piano in a club and tries to get a job, and they reject him. Then he'll go along with the robbery.'"
Concerning MM's performance: "A film can come to life when an actor like Michael Moriarty appears; when he does it, you realize how funny some of the material is. I knew we'd get laughs, but I didn't know Moriarty would end up being as innocent as he did. He came out as kind of a soiled innocent - he had a childish sort of bliss about him, so we couldn't kill him." "I had no idea this guy would turn out to be such a lovable character."
Actors as Artists. McMullan, J. and Gautier, D. - authors. (1992).
MM said, "These pieces would have been created even if I were an insurance salesman or a doctor."