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“I'm not an actor who can constantly pick and choose, I try to get the best of what's there.”

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Blythe Danner is an American actress renowned for her performances in theater, film, and television. Born on February 3, 1943, she began her career in the 1960s and has since received numerous awards and nominations. more

“Giancarlo Giammetti has a lot of nervous energy. He's a director, really. He was trying to direct the Valentino movie over my shoulder. I don't blame him - that's been his job for 50 years. But I had final cut in the movie by contract and I wouldn't have made the movie if I had not been completely independent.”

Trying Energy Cutting Direct Independent Blame Nervous

Author:Matt Tyrnauer

“They would sort of keep you on your toes that way - that kind of Italian allergic reaction to eagerness. It's very bruta figura, bad form, to be eager. You sort of glide in and have a conversation and work things out, then it takes two days to get up and running.”

Kind Running Italian Eagerness

Author:Matt Tyrnauer

“When Karl Lagerfeld does a documentary, it's Karl Lagerfeld spouting in front of the camera for two hours. Valentino isn't like that. He's not very verbally expressive. He's very controlled and he needs to be perfect all the time - never a hair out of place, always the impeccable outfit.”

Hours Perfect

Author:Matt Tyrnauer

“What we found is that Valentino is actually a tremendous star - almost a movie star, really, because he plays himself all the time. The camera loves him.”

Movie Star

Author:Matt Tyrnauer

“I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.”

Thinking Jobs Approach Naive

Author:Ben Kingsley

“Valentino lives his life like the Queen of England - he lives in the bubble. But he designs for royals, so it's almost a business decision, even though he would do it anyway. He wants to be part of that world.”

World Decision Design Bubbles Queen Of England

Author:Matt Tyrnauer

“Ralph Lauren and Valentino have a lot of common. Ralph Lauren was one of the first really to put himself at the center of the story, and Valentino was even earlier.”

Common

Author:Matt Tyrnauer

“When I went to see Valentino in Rome, I discovered 120 women in these ateliers who sew $100,000 dresses. There are no sewing machines. It's all done by hand for thousands of hours. It's a dying art and Valentino is really the last practitioner, the last person at the top of his house, which is why I called it The Last Emperor. That world is gone. You can almost see it slipping away as the cameras are rolling.”

World Art Done House Hours Dying Emperor

Author:Matt Tyrnauer

“I think there's no question that there's a reason why small children make great art and why slightly bigger children don't. And it's because small children don't worry about what anybody else thinks and slightly bigger children start to worry about these things.”

Thinking Children Art Reason Worry Great Art

Author:Claire Messud

“There's a reason why trainspotters are not girls, there's a reason why there's the myth of the slightly autistic male genius, there's a reason why Gertrude Stein believed that her self-presentation was male. One could argue that was Susan Sontag also. The things that we associate with femaleness are not the single-minded, exclusive pursuit of a vocation, whether it be art or anything else. It is not a model that is widespread in our culture, it's not something we think of for women.”

Thinking Art Reason Culture Girl Genius Myth Arguing Vocation Autistic

Author:Claire Messud

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