Griffin Dunne
Griffin Dunne
Thomas Griffin Dunne, known professionally as Griffin Dunne, is an American actor, film producer and film director...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth8 June 1955
CityNew York City, NY
independent long stories
And I like being able to go back and forth, and I don't really care if it's a small budget or big budget or studio or independent, as long as it's got a story that's compelling and there's enough money to make the picture.
pay guilds five
I'm in five guilds; that's a lot of dues to pay. So I have to keep on working.
envy done directors
On every movie I've done as a director, I look at the producers and having done it, I don't envy them, at all.
actors way process
I love working with actors. I love to see what they're going to do. There's just something very thrilling and satisfying with being involved with something, all the way through the process [making movie].
six amy 80s
I produced six movies with Amy Robinson since the very early 80s.
mistake reality truthful
It struck me that working digitally with a small crew, I could lay out a general plan for Famous and hope for mistakes which would create something more than satire and something less than truthful reality.
mets wells mcqueen
I met Steve McQueen once. Well, met isn't really the right word.
character feels
When you're directing, I feel like I'm playing all the parts, without the make-up. I really get into the heads of the characters.
new-york firsts actors
I came to New York to be an actor and I became a film producer first.
party guy feelings
But I remember feeling as a producer I felt like the guy who called the caterer and got the band; I had to work the party while everybody else was having a good time.
cutting thinking pigs
I think we were the first picture to cut on Final Cut Pro. So we were the guinea pigs, because we got a deal on the system. But with that comes all sorts of technological problems I couldn't begin to describe.
laughing people comedy
To see a comedy in an environment where you're surrounded by other people that are laughing is great. That's probably more satisfying than just watching it by yourself.
reading cutting interesting
But at the same time, never having final cut before, I really learned an interesting thing for any studio executive who is reading this: that if a director has final cut, it's actually easier and more interesting to listen to notes.
love dream fall
If I knew that, I'd fall in love over and over again. Hearts aren't supposed to be mended. If you fall in love and it doesn't work out, you get a broken heart. What comes out of that will make you a better lover and partner next time.