Hope Davis quotes Her role in 'Next Stop, Wonderland' (1998) Born: 03/23/1964 Country: usa

• “[Does Davis have her husband, actor Jon Patrick Walker, with her? wonders Paltrow, whose daughter is back at the hotel with the nanny while her husband, Chris Martin , tours with his band, Coldplay.] Everyone's here, ... We travel in a huge pack.” (Hope Davis)
• “In the case of these two siblings I was really interested in exploring how two people who grew up in the same damaged and strange household emerged with such divergent world views. I don't mind at all being the bossy one or the pushy one. She was a very juicy character for me to play.” (Hope Davis) [people/strange/mind/being]
• “I thought the 20s were really hard,” (Hope Davis)
• “Claire is a role that easily could be unsympathetic and one-dimensional, but the always wonderful Davis softens her intrusiveness with genuine concern for her sister.” (Hope Davis) [role]
• “I like to work. I enjoy once a year, doing a film. What was hard was when I came to London for ( Proof ) rehearsals, (and) I had to leave her. But it's good for her to see that I work. I'm home all the rest of the time. It doesn't feel sad now.” (Hope Davis) [film/housing/rest/time]
• “It's the way I want it to be.” (Hope Davis)
• “The film's interested in exploring how two siblings, who grew up in the same house, could have such divergent world views.” (Hope Davis)
• “I do remember that first night. We attempted to fill the pool and discovered it had a leak. I think Michael Ritchie patched a leak. I remember him standing there with a garden hose, filling this tremendous pool. He was just determined.” (Hope Davis) [remember/night/think/remember]
• “[Hope Davis, who appears in his new film,] Proof ... Hello? 'Shakespeare in Love'?” (Hope Davis)
• “Proof.” (Hope Davis)
• “We're trying to help express community outrage and make sure this doesn't happen again,” (Hope Davis) [help]
• “He's really not like other people. He marches to the beat of a different drummer. (Working opposite him) he's very unpredictable. He's always coming at it with a new twist, so it was really interesting. He's extremely inventive.” (Hope Davis) [people]
• “Sometimes being real means being unsympathetic, ... I don't worry too much about being liked. That's not my first priority. I'd rather play someone people might identify with. If I sign on to do something I believe in, I'm trying to play what the writer wrote. And I hope that the audience will understand where the character is coming from.” (Hope Davis) [being/being/worry/being]
• “Usually the wife and mother who's left behind is the wronged one, the one holding the family together, ... In this case, she's just as self-absorbed as he is and isn't too much better with the kids.” (Hope Davis) [wife/mother/family]
• “I could relate to that, ... I'm a Vassar girl. We were taught to stand up for ourselves.” (Hope Davis)
• “I do feel I get called to troubleshoot parts that could be so unsympathetic, ... I don't mind that. To me, they seem like juicy roles. They are characters in conflict, but they are not despicable. I'd rather be this kind of wife than a woman wringing her hands at home saying, 'When is he coming back?'” (Hope Davis) [mind/conflict/wife/housing]
• “We kind of don't know how to feel. But 'Infamous' is a very different film. It's different in tone. It involves kind of a larger cast of characters.” (Hope Davis) [film]
• I like to work. I enjoy once a year, doing a film. (Hope Davis)
• I'm usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl. (Hope Davis)
• Storytelling is what lights my fire. (Hope Davis)
• There's nothing I love more than a good cry. (Hope Davis)

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