Anthony Michael Hall
Anthony Michael Hall
Michael Anthony Thomas Charles Hall, known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor, film producer, and director who starred in several teen-oriented films of the 1980s. Hall began his career in commercials and on stage as a child, and made his screen debut in 1980. His films with director-screenwriter John Hughes, beginning with the popular 1983 comedy National Lampoon's Vacation and the coming-of-age comedy Sixteen Candles, shaped his early career. Hall's next movies with Hughes were the teen...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth14 April 1968
CountryUnited States of America
We have $70 and a pair of girl's underpants. We're safe as kittens.
Well, I've learned something from Michael Robison just about maximizing your shots. For example, if I'm shooting a scene and someone's driving at the wheel, you could steal an insert in the same shot.
Chicks cannot hold their smoke, dat's what it is.
Why are you messing with the fantasy? We know about the reality. Don't ruin the fantasy, OK?
In the years since I worked with John Hughes, there were many years where I literally had hundred of doors slammed in my face because I wasn't that kid anymore, and I wasn't a character actor, and I wasn't a leading man, and I wasn't whatever Hollywood was looking for.
I would say probably Pirates of Silicon Valley just because I'm proud of the work, playing Gates.
I think the obvious answer is I was raised in New York City, so growing up, not only myself but my family, like my father, we would watch a lot of Scorsese films.
I think that obstacles lead to growth and ultimately, the most learning I've done in my life is between jobs.
I think my favorite, and Coppola and that whole thing. East coast Italian directors I guess.
I mean, before this, I would have said playing Bill Gates, because I'm playing someone obviously who is alive and is the richest man in the world. That was a heavy responsibility.
First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode.
That, we encourage, and I think we're doing a pretty good job with the website and also the DVD, like the first season came out and the second season's being prepared now.
Movies are just ridiculously expensive.
They all matter to me, whether I'm working on a Sam Jackson film for a week or I'm the star of my own TV series - I take it all very seriously, and I have a healthy respect for the work in general, despite the role.