Catherine Keener
Catherine Keener
Catherine Ann Keener is an American actress. She has been twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles as Maxine Lund in Being John Malkovichand Harper Lee in Capote. Keener also appeared in the films Into the Wildand Synecdoche, New York, which were well received by critics. Keener is also the noted muse of director Nicole Holofcener, having appeared in every work of hers to date...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth23 March 1959
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
I was a waitress. I was pretty good at it. I liked to solve those puzzles-you know, when to put the dinner order in, that sort of thing.
Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal.
I have a hard time visualizing anything, which is why I'm not a director, and which is why I try to work with ones I know have a strong idea in mind.
Or if it means too much. If it's just a hump that you can't get over, which can happen, it can just poison a relationship.
The people who make those movies tend to be studios, because they need a lot of money to do it, and those people don't hire me.
The more people involved in making a movie, the worse it is, generally.
I'm unqualified for anything else. I'm barely qualified for this.
If you work in casting, it's sort of not cool to want to act. A lot of people think that casting directors are frustrated actors, but it wasn't true with any of the casting people I knew.
I'm not a public figure at all. I don't really go out a lot to places where there are people like those who sit at the bottom of your driveway.
I... had guys on the set who didn't like me... they weren't interested in the cold character.
I've worked with a lot of great directors.
These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people generally don't know what it's like.
You know, Salma Hayek is a great cook, and she's a friend.. She's an amazing cook. If she opened up a restaurant, I would so get in on the coattails.
I think people are always looking for a good comedy.