Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Mastersonis an American actress and director. She has starred in the films At Close Range, Some Kind of Wonderful, Chances Are, Fried Green Tomatoesand Benny & Joon. She won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1989 film Immediate Family, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the 2003 Broadway revival of Nine...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth28 June 1966
CountryUnited States of America
I guess you should approach the roles differently when they're actual people who have been, this is the difference. Getting the accent exact, or the hair exact is less important in a situation like this.
She came up with a whole way of doing fluoroscopy, which is kind of like a live version of X-ray, so that she could see the heart as it worked, not frozen in a picture.
I feel very privileged that I get to spend my life telling stories that mean something to people.
The fact that he didn't get credit for a while is more the story of social injustice. But his own spirit wasn't driven by that, and wasn't dependent upon that. He just wished he had the cash to go to medical school.
I'd like to think Helen very much understood what it was to be disadvantaged in the medical field. And that that was something that she never let dictate her choices.
I think I am a writer, but professionally I feel drawn to and suited for directing.
What is more important is finding the soul of the character, and making sure it fits well into this story. And that it be dramatic and interesting and captivating, because these people weren't entertainers, you know.