I didn't understand Southland Tales script at all! Is there a single word to describe it? Cacophony? It's celebrity meets pornography meets… — Beth Grant Communism Copy Share Image
One friend said, "Donnie Darko movie was weird!" And I thought, "Hmm. I don't think we're as good of friends as I… — Beth Grant Film Copy Share Image
To me, All About Steve movie is sweet-natured and sweet-hearted, and I can't get enough sweet-hearted movies. I want to be inspired… — Beth Grant Enough Copy Share Image
Everything I've done hasn't worked out - you know, some things aren't as great as others - but I'm having so much… — Beth Grant Art Copy Share Image
My agent says, "You have an audition for the next Dustin Hoffman movie, playing a pioneer woman." And I go, "All right!"… — Beth Grant Determined Copy Share Image
Maybe because All About Steve is about offbeat people, viewers don't want them to be heroes. There is something archetypal in us… — Beth Grant Film Copy Share Image
Jessica Tandy. Nice company! And Ruth Gordon. They worked all along. She didn't really get any big star recognition until Driving Miss… — Beth Grant Business Copy Share Image
I had this great teacher, Milton Katselas, who was this loud Greek who had directed Bette Davis and Liv Ullmann, and brought… — Beth Grant Country Copy Share Image
Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise were both so generous to me on the Rain Man set. I remember Tom was in the… — Beth Grant Cruise Copy Share Image
Maybe the actors that used to turn down William Goldman's scripts - where he wanted them to stretch and grow, and he… — Beth Grant Audience Copy Share Image
I love to take chances. I love first-time directors. I love super-low-budget movies. I've done 80-something movies, and I want to just… — Beth Grant Chance Copy Share Image
Milton Katselas said, "Who are you to look down your nose at Anna Magnani and Maureen Stapleton? Who do you think you… — Beth Grant Accepting Copy Share Image
My father died right after the movie Rain Man was released. He got to see it, then literally the day before he… — Beth Grant Cruise Copy Share Image
It's Richard Kelly's brilliance, because he led me to Donnie Darko performance. He wanted sincerity, he didn't want it to be one… — Beth Grant Brilliance Copy Share Image
Patrick Swayze was in an acting class with me. We were working on Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf together, and there was… — Beth Grant Acting Copy Share Image
I like the line leading up to that: "I made your daughter the lead dancer, and you're not committed!" It's how people… — Beth Grant Children Copy Share Image
At Rain Man, I was 38. And before that, I had really just started working when I was 36. I was very… — Beth Grant Healthy Copy Share Image
I was up at Big Sur with Christopher Reeve and Christine Lahti, doing this woman in a big fat-suit - Mrs. Bassett… — Beth Grant Beautiful Copy Share Image
There's always that key to every character that lets you go to those places you need to go to. No matter how… — Beth Grant Character Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll say, "When Sandy Bullock and I were doing Speed - the movie, not the drug." Just in case someone's listening. — Beth Grant Drug Copy Share Image
I love Child's Play 2! That movie has a great theme: You better listen to children. That's why I wanted to do… — Beth Grant Children Copy Share Image
I had a very hard time accepting myself as a character actress, because I wanted to be glamorous and a leading lady… — Beth Grant Accepting Copy Share Image
I love Donnie Darko movie so much. Just before I got that script, I had been to see some European art film.… — Beth Grant Art Copy Share Image
The Coen brothers: Of all the directors I've worked with, they're the only ones who have given me the storyboards attached to… — Beth Grant Brother Copy Share Image
