“I had various jobs, I taught a SAT class, I was a bartender, I had a day job at an office and was making short films. I got grants from NYSCA and NEA for an idea, which later became 'Huckabees,' about a guy in a Chinese restaurant who had microphones on every table and heard every personal conversation and would write perversely personal fortunes.” WritingIdeasJobsFilmGuyClassHeardTaughtConversationOfficeTablesFortuneVariousChineseSatRestaurantsGrantsMicrophonesDay JobsBartenderShort Films Author:David O. Russell
“The place I feel most at home is when I have health insurance. I really don't care how I get it, whether it's on film, or television or waiting tables, you know?” KnowsFeelsHomeCareFilmWaitingTelevisionTablesDon't CareWaiting Tables Author:Benjamin Walker
“For me, my 20s were all about reaching for the brass ring of work in theater, television, and film, surviving in between by waiting tables, painting houses, serving coffee, and temping.” FilmHouseWaitingTelevisionPaintingTheaterTablesCoffeeRingsReachingServingSurvivingBrassWaiting Tables Author:Kate Walsh
“I grew up in a show biz family and, if you wanted to talk at the dinner table, you'd better be prepared to talk about film.” IfsShowsWantedFilmGrewGrew UpTablesPreparedDinnerBe PreparedDinner TableShow Biz Author:John Orloff
“I was doing a play out in L.A. 20-some-odd years ago called 'Goose and Tomtom' by David Rabe, and somebody saw it and the next thing I know I'm doing the table read of the film version of 'Glengarry Glen Ross' with Al Pacino and Jack Lemmon - one of the great films of our generation.” KnowsYearsPlayFilmNextSawsGenerationsYears AgoTablesVersionsOddAlsGeeseOur GenerationGreat Film Author:Richard Schiff
“The act of seeing any film generally is you knowing more than the characters, even if its the classic Hitchcock shot of two people talking and a bomb being under the table. Part of the pleasure of it is seeing where people go wrong, and the irony of situations.” PeopleIfsTwoCharacterFilmPleasureTalkingSituationKnowingSeeingShotsTablesIronyClassicBombsHitchcockPeople TalkingKnowing More Author:Richard Ayoade