(2012, on success in Hollywood) Well, I spent many, many years unemployed. I was 20 when I moved to Los Angeles. I went on probably 600 commercial auditions and couldn’t book any of them. I went through the Groundlings. Everyone there had agents but me, and it was a ridiculously amazing group. I was there with Melissa McCarthy, who was nominated for an Oscar; Octavia Spencer, who won an Oscar; Tate Taylor, who directed The Help. Success is just a war of attrition. Sure, there’s an element of talent you should probably possess, but if you stick around long enough, eventually something is going to happen, you know?
Month: January 2017
Happy Birthday: Kate Bosworth
[on the changes that will follow her life and career after being cast as “Lois Lane” in Superman Returns (2006)]: I’m ready for this. I’m just glad my ‘breakout’ wasn’t a gigantic film. I feel solid in myself now.
[Talking about modelling her Lois Lane performance on Katharine Hepburn]: I watched a lot of Hepburn (Katharine Hepburn) to prepare for Lois, particularly The Philadelphia Story (1940) and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967). Hepburn (Katharine Hepburn) is a great model for how I see Lois – strong but fragile.
WILDsound Festival 