James L. Brooks
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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
She holds an imaginary Oscar.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
So she was great, yeah.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
I mean, I think the great thing is you get to make your next picture.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
It's currencies.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
Yes.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
So that was really what I thought.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
I get to make another movie.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
Loved is not the word I do, but I guess it's true.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
You want to do it again.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
It was such an accident that I got her.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
I got her at the last minute.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
I still pay homage to the casting director.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
She had put up with me for six months that I couldn't find anybody.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
And we auditioned people.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
And I had somebody that I didn't feel great about, but that was what I was going to have to go with.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
And she says, there's this girl who's leaving town today, but you can see her.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
And it was Holly Hunter.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
And it was just God.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
Dropped her in your lap.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
James L. Brooks (director and producer)
Yeah.