Word: sw
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...SW: I've been to a couple of festivals and I've seen the film with an audience, and it always makes me so happy when people laugh during the important scenes. Then I know that they're with the film. It's a cathartic laugh. I think it shows how people truly cope. They don't break down, they're just like...
...SW: Well I think that was really the linchpin for me. I'm not often cast as a mother, on earth, with small children, and I am a mother on earth with small children. And that is so much a part of my life, if I were a pie that would be like 80 percent of it. So it was wonderful for me to be able to flow into this part, into something I feel so strongly about, and that was one of the easiest parts of the movie for me because I didn't have to research or anything...
...SW: I was sent the screenplay, which I read first, and then I read the novel. It's interesting, for instance on The Ice Storm [1997], I started reading the novel and it was so different, I could tell that Ang Lee's concept of our story was going to be somewhat austere, and also somewhat a comedy of manners. The book was just so detailed, I actually didn't wind up reading it. But with A Map of the World I just couldn't put it down, it was just so gripping...
...SW: I think I'm just really lucky. I can't believe my good fortune, getting A Map of the World and Galaxy Quest both in the same year. I actually think things are getting better for actors and actresses. I think there are a lot of different stories out there. We were at the National Board of Review awards last night and a lot of people were saying they couldn't remember a year with so many interesting films, so I actually think the industry must be pretty healthy...
...SW: You would never think this was Scott's first film, we had such a relaxed set. Scott always knew what he wanted, he gave us such specific direction...