Mary Harron
Mary Harron
Mary Harronis a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter best known for her films I Shot Andy Warhol, American Psycho and The Notorious Bettie Page...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth12 January 1953
trying world better-place
I'm not trying to make the world a better place.
people trying filmmaker
One thing I'm not is a moralistic filmmaker. I'm not trying to tell people what to do, and I'm not trying to lead.
style trying hollywood
The good part of working in TV is it's like being a studio director in old Hollywood and approaching different genres. It's a chance to try out different styles.
attracted attractive hidden punk
Certainly, I've always been attracted to that. Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places. The hidden histories,
blatant modern naughty nice people played sexiness understanding
She was very much of the period, ... A lot of people played it too sexy, in a very modern way. And I think Gretchen had a very instinctive understanding of the sexiness of a very different time. You have to go back before Playboy, before the outright, blatant sexiness to something more hidden, teasing, more of the nice girl. Naughty but nice.
crossing gloves wearing white
She's sexy, but she's very ladylike. There is something kind of 1950s about her, like she's wearing white gloves or crossing her ankles.
abandon audition came decided people sexy sweetness
When we couldn't find the right person, we decided to abandon preconceptions and look at people we hadn't thought of. She came in and her very first audition was so wonderful, so magical. She had this sweetness and innocence, but also something sexy and a little dark.
feature material
At first we thought there wasn't enough material to make a feature film.
interested reaches tale
I'll be very interested to see how the film does when it reaches that audience. You can see it as a redemptive tale if you want to, as a right-minded Christian.
ambition thinking self
I see that women still have self-doubt, and at the same time I feel like I see all these fantastic young women, and they all have ambition and are so focused on their futures. I don't think that's an anomaly anymore.
thinking turns turn-on
They say that depression is anger you turn on yourself, and I think women do that.
gay men interesting
It's interesting that gay men and young women have been the twin engines of the Bettie [Page] cult.
making-money i-realized
I realized you can always make money; you just do a lot of things.
successful up-and-down
Frankly, you're always up and down. You're successful and then you're not.