Illeana Douglas
Illeana Douglas
Illeana Hesselberg, most commonly known as Illeana Douglas,is an American actress, director, screenwriter, and producer. Douglas has had a long-ranging diverse career as a character actor with a specialty in comedy. Notable works include work in a 2001 episode of Six Feet Under – for which she received a Primetime Emmy nomination as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series and won the Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series award from OFTA, the Online Film & Television Association –...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth25 July 1965
CityQuincy, MA
I wore a lot of vintage clothing. I dressed like a reporter, with a little card in my hat. I had these fantasies of who I wanted to be, so I'd dress like an explorer, a cowboy. I dressed up like Elton John a lot too. That was another period.
I come from a pretty strange family.
There's too much insecurity on studio sets, with all the people standing around, whispering.
I know in this day and age, when you meet men, they often want to be boys. They dress like boys. And it's very confusing. I can't offer any solution except to make a movie about it.
Women don't want to be listened to. They only want to be agreed with
I enjoy doing independent films more, only because there's more freedom. There's not as many cooks tampering with what you are trying to do.