Happy Birthday: Emily Watson

“I wasn’t prepared for the way people responded to ‘Breaking the Waves.’ Suddenly, I was being interviewed and being asked all sorts of questions. All my life, I’ve loved movies, but I didn’t foresee the glamour of the Academy Awards. In England, the awards are reported as straight news. In America, they’re considered the height of glamour.” – On her two 1999 roles, “Angela’s Ashes” and “Cradle Will Rock”, which had Oscar-potential.