Jennifer Jason Leigh

Born: February 5, 1962 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

When my first movie, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), turned out to be this big hit, I was so innocent, I thought: all movies are hits. It took a couple of years to figure out that almost every movie I made after that didn’t make money. Some of them haven’t made money because they’re not very good movies. It’s not like I look at a project and go, ‘Oh, this is going to be a box-office bomb. I want it!’

FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH 1982 dir. Amy Heckerling Starring: Sean Penn Ray Walston

Easy Money 1983 dir. James Signorelli starring Rodney Dangerfield Joe Pesci

The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 dir. Joel and Ethan Coen Cast Tim Robbins Jennifer Jason Leigh

Road to Perdition 2002 dir. Mendes starring Hanks Paul Newman Synecdoche, New York 2008 dir. Charlie…