The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. That's why so many bad novels can become good movies, like 'Jaws' or 'The Godfather.'
Fame can be very dangerous, because you can start to enjoy that part of it. And that's not the good part of what I do for a living. The good part is the making of films. The unpleasant part is the fame part, if you're not careful.
I feel very blessed in my career to have been able to bounce back and forth between different things, television and film, comedies and some dramas, but I am, um, as long as the script inspires me and there good people, that's it. I'm in.
Young actors are serious about their work and don't take any time out from it. I'm very serious about my work; there are probably only two films I've done where I had a really good time.
Taking a comic strip character is very hard to write. Because comics are meant to work in one page, to work in frames with minimalistic dialogue. And a lot of it is left to the imagination of the reader. To do that in film, you've got to be a little ...
New York is fantastic, and I've done several films in Los Angeles which I really enjoyed, but I don't think that America is the be-all and end-all. I'll follow the good work wherever it may be.
The bad things about theatre get balanced by the good things in film and vice versa. So to tell you the truth, I love it when I can go back and forth - it feeds different parts of you and exercises different muscles.
It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the fu...
The difference being that in films, unlike in life, good does always win over evil in the end.
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh.
It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised.
I would consider doing any part as long as the script is good and the film has an interesting director.
As rewarding as a good film role can be, there is just nothing like getting up on a stage and taking an audience for a ride.
You just can't make any movie and it will be good now. This is a really a difficult time to be in films.
You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one.
Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there's always room for good films.
I lived in Vancouver, where they film so many things. So it gave me a good shot at it.
Today films are made to cater to commercial markets created by multiplexes, not for those who enjoy good cinema.
Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there.
You want a career. You don't want to do a couple of good films and then your career is over.
