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
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.
I don't think I'm very ambitious at all. But I seem to play people who have that quality.
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.
The movies I'm in not a lot of people see, but it's alright.
I encounter really tough men and women who are just so harsh, you can't bend them. You do come across these kinds of people in every profession-just unyielding.
I think people are always looking for a good comedy.
These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people generally don't know what it's like.
I'm not a public figure at all. I don't really go out a lot to places where there are people like those who sit at the bottom of your driveway.
Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal.
If you work in casting, it's sort of not cool to want to act. A lot of people think that casting directors are frustrated actors, but it wasn't true with any of the casting people I knew.
The more people involved in making a movie, the worse it is, generally.
The people who make those movies tend to be studios, because they need a lot of money to do it, and those people don't hire me.
In these situations that I've been involved in, people are going toward a common goal, which is to do good work. The crew will go out of their way to make you feel comfortable and give you an encouraging pat on the back. Everybody just works toward that objective, and it's really helpful in a performance. It's dire for me.
I don't see him as a total nerd, ... I think he's a regular guy who got freaked out about sex early on, because people do. And I think he's just kind of a normal guy who collects action figures.