I Find That Usually When I Watch

Simon Mcburney On "all My Sons" On Broadway - We Had An Eight-week Rehearsal Period And I Really Enjoyed The Way That He Prepared Us To Go Onstage. It Was Different Than Anything I've Done And It Was A Different Way Of Being Directed, So I Tried To Take My Different Experiences Of These Directors And Give Those To My Actors.

When I Read Scripts And When I Read Books, It's More Of An Emotional Response And I Was Really Drawn To These Characters.

I'm Not Computer Literate. I E-mail. I Know How To Get On The Web, But I Haven't Crossed Over Into The Internet World. I'm Old-fashioned, I Guess.

I Love Renée Zellweger, She Can Do No Wrong In My Eyes. I Relate To Every Character She Embodies, Because She Has No Pretense. I Also Love Amy Adams: She's So Kind And Talented, And Whenever I Watch Her I Think, I Want To Be Her Friend-i've Seen Enchanted Many Times With My Daughter. Meryl Streep, Of Course. And I Love What Cate Blanchett Brings To Every Movie She Does.

I Think It Was Around The Time Of Doing Those Shorts. [producer] Christine Vachon, I Had A Meeting With Her, And She Mentioned The Short, This Aol Short, And Asked If I Wanted To Do One. And Then The Next Step Was The "30 For 30," And Again That Boosted My Confidence Enough To Decide I'm Going To Do A Feature Narrative. And I Was Supported By My Agency, And [producer] Jane Rosenthal Has Been An Exceptional Friend, And She Produced "all We Had," She Encouraged Me To Do The "30 For 30."