Laura Dern
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Podcast Appearances
And I went back and forth between those two sets.
you know mind-blowing directors at work with with them and then you know yeah as a kid Hal Ashby was my dad's neighbor as well as a colleague and you know became such a hero director to me and a lot of directors did you do something in Allison uh doesn't live here anymore I was an extra yeah I ate an ice cream cone and um and I had to I think they did like
16 takes or something, so I had to eat 16 ice cream cones.
And Marty said to my mom... Sean, they're not still casting, by the way.
But he had sort of commented in front of me to my mom, like, oh, my God, she just ate 16 ice cream cones and she didn't throw up.
You know, because there's all kinds of stories, you know, reputationally about him.
But all I know is I was super little and a bit intimidated anyway whenever I went on set.
I always thought I was in the way and kind of shy.
And he had props make a mini director's chair that he put next to him and let me sit there with him.