Illeana Douglas Quotes

• When we were doing a scene, lots of times we would collapse giggling, because it seemed so silly because it felt like we were doing a home movie at times.

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• When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I’ve had.

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• We were big Saturday Night Live and Eddie Murphy fans.

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• There’s too much insecurity on studio sets, with all the people standing around, whispering.

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• The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.

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• It’s nice to see a movie where people are actually succeeding.

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• It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.

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• In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting.

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• I’ve done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I’ve done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That’s been very disappointing.

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• I’m a huge poster collector.

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• I’m a big fan of Albert Brooks, Nichols and May. I’d like to follow in their footsteps and do comedy films.

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• 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.

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• I want to be an animated character. I’m also doing more writing and directing.

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• I met Patricia Neal, John Houseman. But I loved my grandfather because he was this kind, talented man.

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• I loved the idea of the Nerd as Hero, which Ghost World also had.

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• 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.

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• I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.

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• I like the idea of capturing people who aren’t there to save the world.

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• I like doing movies that relate to people’s experience.

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• I know as I’m taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action.

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Illeana Douglas (24)

Birth:	25th July, 1965
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress

About

Illeana Hesselberg, most commonly known as Illeana Douglas was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. She is an American actress. Her role in several films include: New York Stories, Goodfellas, Cape Fear, Search and Destroy, To Die For(Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress), Wedding Bell Blues, Grace of My Heart, Picture Perfect, Hacks, Message in a Bottle, Ghost World, The New Guy, Alchemy, Factory Girl, Expired, April Showers, Max Rose, Road Hard, Return to Sender, and The Late Bloomer. Her role in television include: Action(TV series, Won- Satellite Award for Best Actress- Television Series Musical or Comedy), Six Feet Under(TV series, Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series), Easy to Assemble(webseries), Bella Mafia(TV film), and Not Like Everyone Else(TV film).

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