Why do you enjoy putting Julianne Moore through hell? She seems nice. Seriously, though, what is it about her that has kept you returning to that working relationship for almost 30 years? penny_lane00
I could speak at length about the reasons why. It was remarkable, when we found each other on my second feature film, Safe, how fully formed she was, that early in her acting career. She had such a command of the medium and understood how much the camera picks up things that may not even be perceivable when you’re shooting. There have been things I don’t even see until I look at the dailies.
On top of all that, she’s interested in the kinds of stories and characters I’m interested in: vulnerable people who don’t know how to speak about who they are and what they want, or who are figuring it out and may never succeed through the course of the story.
