I looked back on the roaring Twenties, with its jazz, 'Great Gatsby' and the pre-Code films as a party I had somehow managed to miss.
Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.
The great thing about films is that you have access to this whole world of experts who teach you the skills your character's supposed to have.
Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.
I always liked Disney films. To this day I think 'Bambi' is great.
I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as an actor.
The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.
There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?
It's great to work in film and TV, and I love it, but there's nothing that can replace that instantaneous storytelling you get in theater.
Every great film should seem new every time you see it.
I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors.
It feels very, very good to make a film freely, to work without having to wait years for script approval, without looking over your shoulder.
I want people to look at my films and say 'Wow, she's a good actress', and I know I'll have to work hard for that.
I'd done kids' TV in the U.K., but not great kids' TV. So yes, 'Submarine' was the first film and the first good thing that I have done.
The more unique your film is and unusual it is and difficult it is, the harder it is to get it financed. That's why a lot of good filmmakers are doing television. They do HBO movies.
With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well. Though, there's nothin' like kicking butt!
One of the things that makes any good entertainment, whether it's a play, drama, comedy, television, film, whatever, is that you feel a certain amount of spontaneity.
When you look at a film like 'The Ides of March' or 'Good Night, and Good Luck' even, those are really contained pictures.
There are all kinds of ways that people present their films, but that's kind of a good feeling, if you can make it seem like the characters are really there.
The film is not a success until it makes money. It's only good when there's a dollar figure attached to the box office.
I got good notice from that show, and on the last day of filming Townies, Twentieth Century Fox called wanting to meet with me about a development deal.
