My OperaInterview Collection - She said about Career
Monday, December 18, 2006 12:32:37 AM
The collection come from various sources based on my personal preferences - Videmo1.) Do you enjoy working in independent films more than big studio productions?
Well there is a certain camaraderie that you have on an independent film. Not all independent films are the same, either. ["Roger Dodger'] is an extraordinary situation. Some independent films are schlock, some studio films are schlock, and some studio films are good. I think that by nature of having to do so much in such a short period of time for such a small amount of money that if you cast it well, and you produced it well, you've got a group of people who are all very focused on the same goal. That's very, very exciting and it's clearly not about money. It's clearly about the story and going to serve the story and that's exciting. That's harder to find on a studio movie because a lot of people are there just for the paycheck.
2.) What was it like to work with Campbell Scott?
It's heaven. If I could choose one leading man to work with for the rest of my life, it would be Campbell Scott.
He's so smart and so giving. He's very hard to explain. He's so physically beautiful and so incredibly kind. He's so unaware of his own beauty. I just think he's really God's gift.
I think what is so interesting about having him play Roger is that when he's in his most distasteful moments, you can see that under all the venom is a tender heart that perhaps is broken. That's what you are imagining is going on, which allows you to follow that journey. If someone else had played it who didn't have that kind of tender heart, then you wouldn't be interested.
The L word Performanc1.) OK, well I want to talk about your performance in the jail scene. Was that hard for you to do?
No, because I just watched the Genet movie and I just imitated the guy in the movie!
What's the name of that film?
It's called "Querelle," and it was clear that the episode, or at least the jail scene, was an homage to that film. I had watched the film and I said to the director Lynne Stopkewich, 'See this guy, and see what he does to the wall? I want to be that guy, I want to do this.
