Hope Davis
Hope Davis
Hope Davisis an American actress. She has starred in films such as About Schmidtand American Splendor. For her role in the original Broadway production of God of Carnage in 2009, she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. She has also received two Emmy Award nominations, for her 2009 television roles in the series In Treatment and in the film The Special Relationship...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth23 March 1964
CityEnglewood, NJ
moving hands sky
I always step on the plane with my right foot and touch the outside of the plane with my left hand. Sometimes you know there's someone standing there to welcome you to the plane and I have to kind of get them to move a little bit so I can put my hand on the outside of the plane. It's not a natural thing to be up in the sky in a little metal tube.
summer beach new-york
Every summer my husband and I pack our suitcases, load our kids into the car, and drive from tense, crowded New York City to my family's cottage in Maine. It's on an island, with stretches of sea and sandy beaches, rocky coasts, and pine trees. We barbecue, swim, lie around, and try to do nothing.
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But I think Hillary Clinton is one of the most amazing women of this time.
crazy people lines
You know how a lot of people say they could go crazy? Well, I feel I live very close to that line.
mother dad iron
When my dad needed a shirt ironed, he would yell downstairs to my mother, who would drop everything and iron his shirt.
running jobs actors
The network shows tend to be run, in general, in my experience, by committee, and it's hard for actors and writers to do their jobs.
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It's too easy to sum up a person's character in one negative instant, and it doesn't put anything good out into the world.
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I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work.
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I'm way too disorganized.
play
I get to play a lot of hysterics.
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I have a husband and children, and it affects me deeply that somebody could be taken away in a second.
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I could relate to that, ... I'm a Vassar girl. We were taught to stand up for ourselves.
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The film's interested in exploring how two siblings, who grew up in the same house, could have such divergent world views.
It's the way I want it to be.