Scarlett Johansson

But by the end of that job, I mean, it was a long job.

We were shot it for probably six months or something like that.

And it was and I had

You know, I was riding every day and with Buck Brenneman, who was extraordinary.

You know, the character of Robert's character is based on the horse whisperer, Buck Brenneman.

And it was just an unbelievable experience to have as a kid, a city kid, and out in the beautiful setting like that working with –

Kristen Scott Thomas and Sam Neill and Bob Redford and Diane Wiest and Chris Cooper.

It was just amazing.

That's quite a cast.

Yeah, it was an amazing cast and beautiful setting.

And I was doing real dramatic work for the first time in my life.

It was just magical.

It really was.

I mean, he was so graceful doing it, too, because he could seamlessly transition between these intimate scenes like the one you just played, and then he was, you know, it was a huge crew.

I mean, the film was based on a very, you know, a best-selling novel, and Disney was making it, and so it was a big production.

And he, there had to have been at least, you know, 200 crew members, and he was able to, you know, coordinate these big

scenes in this huge riding arena with horses and actors and our DP Bob Richardson and big techno cranes to see him seamlessly do that and then to come and have these intimate conversations with all the cast and I just felt like that's an interesting job that seems like the best job for sure and I thought that's what I was going to do for most of my career I thought I would do that

It was, yeah.

It was.

And by the time I had actually gotten into SUNY Purchase and deferred a year, I've had a couple of people come up to me and say, you know, your name was called in the roll call the following year.