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When he’s not playing eccentric Andy Botwin on the Showtime series, the actor says he’s not looking to relax; he’s looking for more work.
By Choire Sicha, Special to The Times
August 10, 2008
JUSTIN KIRK plays creepy Andy Botwin on ” Weeds” and has also starred in “Angels in America.” “Weeds” airs Mondays on Showtime — there [...]

Are you all sitting down?
I have some bad news. Is everybody ready?
I was wrong. I mean I was wrong, wrong, what-has-George Eads-done-to-his-hair? wrong about “Windfall.” At first I thought the show was a fun, frothy summer treat. Then I thought it was so bad it’s good.
And now, sadly, I’ve come to realize that it’s so [...]

This season of Weeds is shaping up to be as darkly humorous as the last - and darkest of all is Justin Kirk’s hilarious character Andy Botwin. We caught Justin for a quick phone chat to discuss Weeds, hot ladies, and cautionary tales for kids.
JUSTIN KIRK: Brooke! Where are you?
UGO: I’m in New York, where [...]

Watching Weeds we sometimes wonder, What’s the point? Not of life, but the show: last season’s shoot-’em-ups, Tarantino-esque standoffs, senseless tattoos; even the patently absurd premise, the pot-dealing sweetheart who never gets caught and owns a big house. Is all this just a vehicle for the deliciousness of California domesticity and, more important, the deliciousness [...]

LOS ANGELES - Albert Brooks’ mordant on-screen neuroticism has lifted his films and characters to comedic heights, with “Defending Your Life,” “Lost in America” and his Oscar-nominated turn in “Broadcast News” among the prime examples.
But it’s difficult to find evidence of personal torment during an interview prompted by Brooks’ guest role on the comedy series [...]

Sunday, June 15, 2008 3:54 AM

By Nancy Mills

New york times syndicate

“Today is my birthday,” Justin Kirk announces, “and, oddly enough, I’m shooting a scene in my birthday suit.”
How appropriate that the 39-year-old co-star of Weeds, which will return for its fourth [...]