Rebecca Miller
Rebecca Miller
Rebecca Augusta Milleris an American independent filmmaker, screenwriter, film director, and novelist, known for her films Angela, Personal Velocity: Three Portraits, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, and Maggie's Plan, all of which she wrote and directed. Miller is the daughter of Magnum photographer Inge Morath and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth15 September 1962
CityRoxbury, CT
CountryUnited States of America
Writing is still a bit of a miracle - the whole process: I see the world, filter the world, write down abstract squiggles on a page which somebody is then able to connect with. I'm still amazed by it and think I always will be.
I saw Dolce Vita and my mind was blown by it, by the synthesis. I realised I wanted to be a filmmaker and started making films. I was writing screenplays and couldn't get money because my work was so uncommercial.
Writing is a particular kind of frustration, which is why when I was making the structure for the novel I visualized it for myself with a color-coded board so I could see it.
I had a lot of great lakes of ignorance that I was up against, I would write what I knew in almost like islands that were rising up out of the oceans. Then I would take time off and read, sometimes for months, then I would write more of what I knew, and saw what I could see, as much as the story as I could see. And then at a certain point I had to write out what I thought was the plot because it was so hard to keep it all together in my head. And then I started to write in a more linear way.
Writing is acting in the sense that you're imagining and inhabiting another. In the book I was trying to get at the root of what true acting is.
I would have started writing a lot earlier if I hadn't been [Arthur Miller's daughter].
Those who have paid and put a deposit in would just have it carried over. Then, if some of the students have moved, they get a refund. I really don't mind giving the money back now, though the full amount would be hard, mainly because I have already incurred the expenses. It is hard to know how the parents feel. I would rather give them the full refund than give them a bad taste in their mouth.
I have never gone through this before and of course fear is right there. But we are just so, we believe firmly in faith and that has been what has pulled us through these months. all you can do is just have faith and hope for the best and pray that God will keep everything where it is suppose to be.
If, by chance, I cannot continue, I would refund the money. I really do love doing the cotillion because I love working with these children. It has meant a lot to me to be able to do something positive after our personal tragedy and now our community's difficulty.
We were in bed and we heard someone's fire alarm go off, started smelling smoke and looked out the window, everyone was outside, so we just rushed out and saw everything was on fire.
When they delivered him and I heard that first cry, I was like oh my gosh, this is really happening and it's a cool feeling.
They (national) would like me to postpone any decision for at least a few months. I will be in Pascagoula next weekend to check on Scranton's.
I'm thankful that everyone got out safely. You always wonder how it's going to be if it ever happens.
I am a believer that if you are going to be a member of an organization, then you should work to give back to it.