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'm a huge poster collector.
I want to bring back some sketch comedy. I did work with a group called Manhattan Punch Line with Oliver Platt in the early '80s.
It used to be much easier for me to flit between a studio and an independent film, but now it depends a lot more on the director.
It wasn't too weird to be working with a dummy. My brother worked with puppets in Czechoslovakia, so anything goes in our family.
I'm a big fan of Albert Brooks, Nichols and May. I'd like to follow in their footsteps and do comedy films.
The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.
In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting.
I love sketch comedy. My real goal is to do something with Albert Brooks. That would be my fantasy. I stay up night and day thinking up stuff he might find funny.
I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
I like the idea of capturing people who aren't there to save the world.
I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.
I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action.
I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies.
I like doing movies that relate to people's experience.