“L.A. can be pretty insane because there's so much show business here, but I also know a lot of kids who grew up in Manhattan who are some of the most normal, nicest people I know. Casting directors always say Chicago people are just nicer.” PeopleKnowsShowsKidsGrewDirectorsNormalGrew UpInsaneChicagoCastingShow BusinessManhattanCasting Directors Author:Matt Walsh
“Fifteen years ago I knew I had to settle into being a mom and give them a normal life, which I never had. I was always traveling. I had tours. I wanted my kids to settle down, and we kind of did it together.... It was a bumpy transition. There was no director telling me what to do. No script, but I really enjoyed it. I even became president of the PTA. Doing the laundry was a meditative experience. Now, when I start to get nervous and stressed, I go in and start to fold towels.” GivingYearsKindKidsWantedTogetherPresidentMomDirectorsNormalYears AgoDown AndScriptsNervousEnjoyedSettlingTransitionFifteenFoldsStressedBeing A MomNormal LifeLaundrySettling DownFifteen YearsTowelsPta Author:Pia Zadora
“Think of anger as a muscle. The way you express anger isn't the way that I do, or you. If you have a good director, you will find that he's getting you to use an entirely different muscle that you never even knew you had - it's real hard and sore, then after a while it becomes normal. And you discover all these new muscles when you enter a new character - that's what a director does for you.” IfsThinkingWayDoeDifferentRealHardCharacterUseDirectorsNormalMusclesGood DirectorsExpressing Anger Author:Jane Fonda
“Our top story, in 'Threat Matrix Reloaded' news ... Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Muller held a press conference today to announce that Al Qaeda is planning attacks somewhere inside the United States at sometime in the future. So go about your normal lives, but with a vague sense of foreboding.” StatesStoriesTodayUnitedUnited StatesDirectorsNormalNewsPressesThreatPlanningAlsVagueConferencesFbiAttorneyAl QaedaNormal LifePress ConferencesForeboding Author:Craig Kilborn
“For me, each film, each script is like a little journey in itself, and I'm reinventing the wheel. It's like how do I make this film. That's part of the pleasure and that's why I'm not a normal professional director.” LittlesFilmPleasureJourneyDirectorsNormalScriptsWheelsReinventing Author:Pawel Pawlikowski
“It was a really strange experience. It was very creative for Alejandro Amenábar. It was almost like it was the most I ever felt like I was helping someone paint. They had a very clear idea of what they wanted it to look like, sound like, be like. So, there was no operating outside the box. The only way to help him was to try to really be a part of his imagination and try to make it happen. He's a super kind and loving person. So, you wanted to help him. It just was none of my normal ways of helping a director work at all. So, it was a unique experience for me that way.” WayTryingLooksKindPersonsIdeasHelpingHappensWantedFeltSoundImaginationCreativeClearStrangeDirectorsNormalUniquePaintBoxesBarsMake It HappenAmenOutside The BoxLoving PersonUnique ExperiencesHelping Someone Author:Ethan Hawke
“It's a surreal thing because you are there and made up and dressed up as if you're making the film. You do the scene, which is going to be in the film, and I met him [Daniel Craig] and I'm working with the director, and so it is different to just a normal audition.” IfsMadeDifferentFilmMetsSceneDirectorsNormalAuditionsSurrealDressed Up Author:Gemma Arterton