Word: scripts
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...When I first came to New York I had every intention of being a theater actor, it just didn't turn out that way; I got more jobs in television and films. Frankly I hadn't seen anything that kind of moved me. When Sam [Mendes] first sent the script to me I was doing a film, I kept thinking about the play. I mentioned it to Kate [Winslet, Mendes's wife] at our kids' nursery school and the next day Sam showed up and said 'If you can commit to Broadway right now, we'll move...
...when you spoke with TIME you said when you read a script you don't so much as read it as listen to it. Was that the case with this script - it spoke...
...Absolutely. The script has to exist outside of you. I'm not looking for a part, I'm looking for a story, I'm looking for a world. [In this script] there's a clearly a world that's inhabited by these characters. It's modern it's relevant, it's political, it's personal, it's about what we're living...
...movie I had the most extraordinary time on both personally and professionally was Far From Heaven. It was written for me, which is a pretty great gift, and it was such a beautiful eloquent moving script, I left like every element of it supported me. It was like a joy ride the whole time. I was exhausted and six months pregnant, but we got to the last day and I felt really sad that I wasn't going to get up every day and do this movie...
...Although the modern papacy has its script, Pope John Paul II showed that moving the world means sometimes letting yourself be moved. Benedict's late decision to accept an invitation to the Blue Mosque meant Vatican aides and their Muslim hosts would need to work out in advance the basic details of the encounter. Several hours beforehand, word had spread that last Thursday's televised visit would include a moment for silent prayer or reflection. Still, when Istanbul's top cleric, Mustafa Cagrici, told the Pope it was time for a "moment of serenity," Benedict looked for an instant...