Making a Name for Themselves; 'Once's' Guy and Girl, In Tune On- and Off-Screen, Shed Their Anonymity From: The Washington Post | Date: February 17, 2008| Author: J Freedom du Lac - Washington Post Staff Writer | Copyright 2008 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Here's one way to get your film work immortalized: Do it yourself by getting down and dirty.

So it is that we find Glen Hansard -- the Irish rock singer who acted his way to unexpected quasi-fame in the indie musical "Once" - - crouching over wet sidewalk concrete on Sunset Boulevard, using the back of a pen to make his mark in front of the hipster Standard Hotel:

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Hansard admires his work while brushing a few specks of concrete from his ...