Catherine Keener
Catherine Keener
Catherine Ann Keener is an American actress. She has been twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles as Maxine Lund in Being John Malkovichand Harper Lee in Capote. Keener also appeared in the films Into the Wildand Synecdoche, New York, which were well received by critics. Keener is also the noted muse of director Nicole Holofcener, having appeared in every work of hers to date...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth23 March 1959
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
I'm pretty organized. I'm pretty controlling. I don't have big plans or designs. But I don't rely on a Palm Pilot or help or other technology-no! I'm barely good with emailing and a fax machine. I organize things in my head; I have a pretty good memory, so that helps me out a lot.
It does help that Dermot is an actor. I hate having to care about that stuff. But I know it's legitimate and he appreciates what the ramifications are.
For a long time Dermot worked more, and I would always go on location with him... Dermot did all the work-I think he commuted maybe 10 times between flying to Omaha from Toronto. It takes effort when you're both working, but we try not to work at the same time.
It's important for me to connect with the script and to know after meeting the director if it's a person I'm going to feel unguarded around.
It occurred to me that it would be interesting to be a man for a short amount of time, just to see if there actually is a difference in the way that we think and feel, like people are always talking about. I don't really know that there's a difference, because I've only been a woman.
The movies I usually do are maybe three or four weeks because they don't have a lot of money.
I don't think I'm very ambitious at all. But I seem to play people who have that quality.
Insecurity is just something that's there all the time. I've never been crippled by it.
If you give a character room to breathe, they come alive.
Sometimes it just doesn't translate to people. You just move on, and you feel bad because people worked so hard on it and everyone loved it... Everybody was treated so well and was going for something and trying to do the best work possible.
I know many great actors who have small heads.
The celebrity-making machine-photographers, paparazzi, press and stuff like that-can be ruthless.
When I was in college, at Wheaton-I inadvertently got cast in a play, and I had a really great time doing it. I didnt know I had any knack for it, but I really enjoyed myself. It was a complete surprise.
The movies I'm in not a lot of people see, but it's alright.