Peter Berg
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And oftentimes I've worked with, I've directed actors who I thought were really kind of shitting the bed. And later in editing, I found that they weren't. But- Right. In general, I find that getting, as I've gotten older, when I did my first movie, Very Bad Things, I was so insecure and confused. And I had Cameron Diaz and Christian Slater at the height of his career, and I was making a movie.
And oftentimes I've worked with, I've directed actors who I thought were really kind of shitting the bed. And later in editing, I found that they weren't. But- Right. In general, I find that getting, as I've gotten older, when I did my first movie, Very Bad Things, I was so insecure and confused. And I had Cameron Diaz and Christian Slater at the height of his career, and I was making a movie.
If you walked up to me and said, good morning, I would respond with, go fuck yourself. What the fuck does that mean? So much stress.
If you walked up to me and said, good morning, I would respond with, go fuck yourself. What the fuck does that mean? So much stress.
If you walked up to me and said, good morning, I would respond with, go fuck yourself. What the fuck does that mean? So much stress.
Does it hold up? Not lately, but I've watched it. And you know, it's like I said earlier, I am not happy about how unhappy I was making that film. I was just like seething. ball of confusion and rage every day. And thank Cameron Diaz for being so sweet.
Does it hold up? Not lately, but I've watched it. And you know, it's like I said earlier, I am not happy about how unhappy I was making that film. I was just like seething. ball of confusion and rage every day. And thank Cameron Diaz for being so sweet.
Does it hold up? Not lately, but I've watched it. And you know, it's like I said earlier, I am not happy about how unhappy I was making that film. I was just like seething. ball of confusion and rage every day. And thank Cameron Diaz for being so sweet.
She would pull me into her trailer and she would watch Uncle Buck in between takes and just, I'd walk by her trailer and I'd hear this laughter and it would be Cameron Diaz watching Uncle Buck. And she'd be like, Pete, just come and watch Uncle Buck for a little bit and calm down. And I would just sit there trembling, watching Uncle Buck and Cameron's laughter. She's the best. Calm me down.
She would pull me into her trailer and she would watch Uncle Buck in between takes and just, I'd walk by her trailer and I'd hear this laughter and it would be Cameron Diaz watching Uncle Buck. And she'd be like, Pete, just come and watch Uncle Buck for a little bit and calm down. And I would just sit there trembling, watching Uncle Buck and Cameron's laughter. She's the best. Calm me down.
She would pull me into her trailer and she would watch Uncle Buck in between takes and just, I'd walk by her trailer and I'd hear this laughter and it would be Cameron Diaz watching Uncle Buck. And she'd be like, Pete, just come and watch Uncle Buck for a little bit and calm down. And I would just sit there trembling, watching Uncle Buck and Cameron's laughter. She's the best. Calm me down.
That's so fucking... By the way, one of the great line readings of all time, Uncle Buck is John Candy when he's talking to the principal and she's got the wart on her nose. And he interrupts himself like eight times because he keeps saying, warty nose, warty nose. No, wart on the nose. One of the great line readings of all time.
That's so fucking... By the way, one of the great line readings of all time, Uncle Buck is John Candy when he's talking to the principal and she's got the wart on her nose. And he interrupts himself like eight times because he keeps saying, warty nose, warty nose. No, wart on the nose. One of the great line readings of all time.
That's so fucking... By the way, one of the great line readings of all time, Uncle Buck is John Candy when he's talking to the principal and she's got the wart on her nose. And he interrupts himself like eight times because he keeps saying, warty nose, warty nose. No, wart on the nose. One of the great line readings of all time.
Yeah, so I'd always wanted to explore the Western world, and I say the Western world because it's not a traditional Western. There's a movie called Jeremiah Johnson that Robert Redford did a long time ago where he played a mountain man, or he played a city man who came to the mountains to try and find gold, and he became a mountain man.
Yeah, so I'd always wanted to explore the Western world, and I say the Western world because it's not a traditional Western. There's a movie called Jeremiah Johnson that Robert Redford did a long time ago where he played a mountain man, or he played a city man who came to the mountains to try and find gold, and he became a mountain man.
Yeah, so I'd always wanted to explore the Western world, and I say the Western world because it's not a traditional Western. There's a movie called Jeremiah Johnson that Robert Redford did a long time ago where he played a mountain man, or he played a city man who came to the mountains to try and find gold, and he became a mountain man.