Michelle Williams

And then I went to New York City and I thought I was introduced to this whole other expression of the medium that I'd never been exposed to. I think growing up, I'd just seen The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins and things like that. I didn't really know what was possible. And then I started to make New York City home.

I did my first play there when I was 18, and it became the place that I would spend the summers and the weekends and just kind of a place that I thought, oh, I could make a life for myself here.

I did my first play there when I was 18, and it became the place that I would spend the summers and the weekends and just kind of a place that I thought, oh, I could make a life for myself here.

I did my first play there when I was 18, and it became the place that I would spend the summers and the weekends and just kind of a place that I thought, oh, I could make a life for myself here.

It was really just something that was in the air at the time. It wasn't because I... had some abiding passion or some noticeable talent at this thing. It was just something that other kids were doing. We were living in San Diego at that time, and so my parents and I would come up for these auditions, but they were for commercials and infomercials and 10-second spots, 30-second spots.

It was really just something that was in the air at the time. It wasn't because I... had some abiding passion or some noticeable talent at this thing. It was just something that other kids were doing. We were living in San Diego at that time, and so my parents and I would come up for these auditions, but they were for commercials and infomercials and 10-second spots, 30-second spots.

It was really just something that was in the air at the time. It wasn't because I... had some abiding passion or some noticeable talent at this thing. It was just something that other kids were doing. We were living in San Diego at that time, and so my parents and I would come up for these auditions, but they were for commercials and infomercials and 10-second spots, 30-second spots.

They were cattle calls. I don't know if they still call them that. I hope they don't. That was my concept of acting.

They were cattle calls. I don't know if they still call them that. I hope they don't. That was my concept of acting.

They were cattle calls. I don't know if they still call them that. I hope they don't. That was my concept of acting.

I am constantly confronted by the things that I don't know. And Like what? Real gaps where information should be. Geography. Okay, yeah. I could go on and on. But I think maybe that's why work has become, you know, that's my conduit to the world. That's my, this is the thing that I've spent the most time trying to gain an understanding of and why it was so important to me because

I am constantly confronted by the things that I don't know. And Like what? Real gaps where information should be. Geography. Okay, yeah. I could go on and on. But I think maybe that's why work has become, you know, that's my conduit to the world. That's my, this is the thing that I've spent the most time trying to gain an understanding of and why it was so important to me because

I am constantly confronted by the things that I don't know. And Like what? Real gaps where information should be. Geography. Okay, yeah. I could go on and on. But I think maybe that's why work has become, you know, that's my conduit to the world. That's my, this is the thing that I've spent the most time trying to gain an understanding of and why it was so important to me because

Without it, I really had nothing to show for myself. I had no institution behind me that said, I accredit you in this particular way. And so then where do you get a good feeling about yourself? So my work has meant so much to me because it's been, it was where I got to know myself.

Without it, I really had nothing to show for myself. I had no institution behind me that said, I accredit you in this particular way. And so then where do you get a good feeling about yourself? So my work has meant so much to me because it's been, it was where I got to know myself.

Without it, I really had nothing to show for myself. I had no institution behind me that said, I accredit you in this particular way. And so then where do you get a good feeling about yourself? So my work has meant so much to me because it's been, it was where I got to know myself.

And I thought, well, maybe if I could get a little bit good at this thing, I could get a little bit of that self-esteem.

And I thought, well, maybe if I could get a little bit good at this thing, I could get a little bit of that self-esteem.

And I thought, well, maybe if I could get a little bit good at this thing, I could get a little bit of that self-esteem.

Yeah, I really burned for this one. I wanted this job so badly. I had read this script and made my case for it and my pleas to the director. And we went on walks and we exchanged books and music and other things that we related through this piece of material. And I was just on fire to make this thing for two, three, four, five, six years. It was just all I could see was making this movie.