Courtney B. Vance
Courtney B. Vance
Courtney Bernard Vanceis an American actor. He is notable for his roles in the feature films Hamburger Hill and The Hunt for Red October, the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, in which he played Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver, and The People v. O.J. Simpson, in which he played Johnnie Cochran. He guest starred on the TNT series The Closer as Chief Tommy Delk from 2010–11. In 2013 he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth12 March 1960
CountryUnited States of America
When I got out of Yale Drama School, I was completely broke.
Sometimes there are four or five cameras in front of your face moving all over the place, and you have to try to see the person in between the cameras, and a sane person would go, "I can't do this."
You need great actors in this one, because there are moments where there's no way to get around it, you just need to come up with it. They have no time; they can't help you with coaches: "We've got to have it now!" Whether it's tears, whether it's a five-page scene. You can't put it off tomorrow because we're already behind; you've got to have it. I'm just amazed at the casting and how wonderful everybody was.
The life of an editor is not a glamorous one. You're a fixer; you make things better.
I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company.
I've done a lot of theater, and I know that it's a different audience each time who doesn't know the story, and we have to tell it.