The 17-year-old actress – famed for her roles in ‘Hanna’ and ‘The
Lovely Bones’ – thinks the ‘Kill Bill’ filmmaker will be a great
person to collaborate with on a movie because he seems like “fantastic
fun”.
She said: “I haven’t worked with him, but I’d love to. I’ve talked to
people who have, and they all say he’s made and that it’s fantastic
fun.”
The Irish star particularly likes how Quentin works with an ensemble
cast of actors on a regular basis, allowing them to know exactly how
to bounce off each other.
She said: “Because he tends to work with the same actors every now and
again, they can read each other.
“There’s always such an ensemble feeling in his films, too. In ‘Kill
Bill’, for example, of course Uma Thurman is the star but it really
feels like a group effort.
“He’s often in his own films, which I think is great; he’s so
different looking with that amazing face.”
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Dame Helen Mirren "believes in fairies".
The 65-year-old actress describes herself as a “spiritual” person but admits she is not religious and doesn’t believe in God.
She said: “I am quite spiritual. I believed in the fairies when I was a child. I still do sort of believe in the fairies. And the leprechauns. But I don’t believe in God.”
The ‘Queen’ star also admitted she always carries her own tea bags whenever she has to travel anywhere in order to brew her favourite beverage.
She told America’s Esquire magazine: “I drink just as much tea when I’m in Los Angeles as I do when I’m in London. I take my tea bags with me wherever I go. PG Tips.”
Tea is not the only drink Helen enjoys – the actress thinks a good party required “lots and lots” of alcohol, though she doesn’t like throwing bashes herself.
She said: “I don’t throw a lot of parties. I find throwing parties a bit intimidating. What makes a good one? Loads and loads of drink, I suppose. But that can be a disaster as well.”
The actress – who is married to director Taylor Hackford – also admitted she was an “idiot” when she was younger, but thinks that is normal, and lamented the fact people are always filled with “self-doubt” in their twenties as it is the best time of life.
She added: “We’re all idiots when we’re young. We don’t think we are, but we are. So we should be.
“The hardest period in life is one’s twenties. It’s a shame because you’re your most gorgeous and you’re physically in peak condition. But it’s actually when you’re most insecure and full of self-doubt. When you don’t know what’s going to happen, it’s frightening.”
Brad Pitt could be a professional baseball player.
The ‘Fight Club’ star was so impressive in his training for upcoming film ‘Moneyball’ – in which he plays a baseball manager – he could forge a career in the sport if his acting career goes downhill, says his co-star, former San Francisco Giants professional Casey Bond.
Casey said: “He’s got some skill. He might have missed his calling in baseball I guess. If acting didn’t work out he’s pretty good… I think that he’s got that in his back pocket if anything.
“He was out there a couple days and he took batting practice with us and stuff, threw the baseball around. He was very much involved with all aspects of the baseball side of the movie as well.”
While Brad could be a baseball star, Casey also praised the 47-year-old actor – who raises six children with partner Angelina Jolie – as a “master” of his craft who gave great advice to his less-experienced sporting co-stars.
He told E! Online: “He had a lot of great advice … When we were shooting scenes, in between takes he’d walk me through different techniques he used so everything comes across right on film…obviously he’s a master at that.”
The film – which also stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill, Chris Pratt – is based on the true story of Oakland A manager Billy Beane , who attempts to lead a competitive team to success despite the club’s poor financial situation.
Tom Felton thought his 'Harry Potter' co-star Gary Oldman was giving set tours when he first met him.
The blonde actor – who has portrayed villainous Draco Malfoy in all of the films based on the novels by J.K. Rowling – admits he did not know who half of the cast of the movie were when he first signed up, even meeting legendary actor Gary twice before he understood he was playing Sirius Black.
He said: “I didn’t know who Gary Oldman or Michael Gambon were. I think I actually met Gary Oldman two times before realising that he’s an actor.
“I thought he was taking people on studio tours.”
However, Gary’s career was not the only thing Tom was surprised at when on the film – he also didn’t realise how big the series would become.
He added: “I was head over heels when I got the part of Draco, but I never imagined in a million years we’d be here 11 years later still talking about it.
“At that age, you don’t really grasp what you’re getting yourself in to!”
Kim Cattrall; Hollywood Prejudice Against Older Actresses
Kim Cattrall feels she is “marginalised” as an actress.
The ‘Sex and the City’ star finds it hard winning roles now she is 54,
as casting directors are keen to get her to play characters who are
like man eater Samantha Jones, who she plays in the hugely successful
TV show.
She said: “Nobody wants to hire me unless I’m playing Samantha Jones.
Do you know what it’s like to be 54 and marginalised? It doesn’t get
any easier as you get older.”
Samantha admits prejudice in Hollywood is nothing new to her and she
has found it hard to break away from “sexualised” roles ever since she
started getting her first jobs – usually as sexy girls – in films such
as ‘Mannequin’ and ‘Porky’s’ in the 1980s.
She added to Reveal magazine: “I’ve been sexualised since I was a
young actress. If you want to get work as an actress – and not as a
waitress – you get sexualised. I think that can be part of your
journey, going through the Hollywood mill.
“Then you’re no longer as cute as the next crop coming up. It is
something I’ve been experiencing in one way or another in my entire
career.”
Kim – who is half English – said she has found a better attitude in
Europe, where she has received wide praise for her role in London play
‘Private Lives’ and in 2010 European shot thriller ‘The Ghost’.
She said: “One of the reasons I’ve come to Europe is because they tend
to think a little bit differently about getting older than people in
North America do.”
Emily Mortimer on her Glamourous role
Emily Mortimer thinks voicing an animated car is the most “glamorous” role she has ever had.
The British actress voices sexy sports car Holley Shiftwell in forthcoming sequel ‘Cars 2’ and was relieved she didn’t have to appear on screen because of her “bad” hair.
She said: “I’m convinced this is the most glamorous I’ll ever be in celluloid on this film.
“And luckily I don’t have any hair because my hair has always been my downfall. My hair looks really bad in all my movies so I was delighted to be a car that doesn’t have hair. I look better in this movie than I ever have or ever will look in any other movie.
“Even my agent complains about my hair.”
Emily’s character is also an undercover spy but she insists she could never have based her portrayal on one of the glamorous women who feature in ‘James Bond’ movies.
She explained: “I couldn’t do that because I knew if I tried to emulate a ‘Bond’ heroine I would just fall flat on my face.
“I just had to be me in that world. My natural instinct was to just do what I would feel, which is just completely dippy and pathetic in that situation and that’s what I was doing.
“Then we realised that if she was out in the field, in this high-powered spy mission, she wouldn’t be quite so c**p as that so we developed it together over time.”
Emma Watson felt claustrophobic in UK
Emma Watson opted to go to university in America because she felt “claustrophobic”.
The ‘Harry Potter’ actress had been expected to enrol in prestigious Cambridge University but felt it was important to leave the UK so she could be “normal” for a while.
She explained: “I suddenly felt very claustrophobic. I thought, ‘I can’t stay here, I won’t be able to concentrate, I won’t be left alone.’
“I don’t want to put a negative light on it, as if I was escaping or anything like that. I think I wanted to meet people my own age and just be normal for a bit.”
While she enrolled in a liberal arts degree at Brown University, Emma put her studies on hold after two years so she could focus on promoting the final movies in the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise – ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2’ – and is expected to resume her education in Oxford in September.
Speaking about her decision to put her studies on hold, she said: “I was commuting back and forth between the US and the UK trying to fulfil my commitment to this enormous ‘Harry Potter’ franchise and it just wasn’t feasible. I’m only human.
“I wasn’t getting the best out of either my studies or the filming, so I decided to give a proper goodbye to 10 years of work and resume my studies later.”
Daniel Radcliffe loves free Potter rides
Daniel Radcliffe loves the ‘Harry Potter’ theme park – because he doesn’t have to pay.
The 21-year-old actor – who has played the titular boy wizard in all eight of the movies in the franchise – was thrilled to be asked to open the attraction in Florida, which is based on the films and original books by J. K. Rowling, because he got to enjoy the rides afterwards.
He said: “It’s brilliant going round your own theme park. You don’t have to queue, you don’t have to pay.
“I went on the Dragon Challenge roller coaster five times.”
Despite having amassed an estimated £48 million fortune, Daniel admits he “doesn’t know” what to do with his cash, but is pleased he never has to worry about his finances.
He said: “I don’t know what to do with it. I’m very fortunate to have it, and it gives you room to manoeuvre.
“But the main thing about having money is it means you don’t have to worry about it. And that for me is a lovely thing. It’s not for fast cars and hookers.”