TELEVISION NOT BUSINESS FOR ME’
Actor Nicole Kidman says she tries to do films that appeal to her “artistic spirit”. The 49-year-old actor hopes all of her movies will be successful, and insists she is not motivated by money but by her passion for
Grammy-winner Bruce Springsteen (right) has been candid about his dislike for US President-elect Donald Trump before, and the singer has once again slammed him, saying the politician is undeserving.
The 67-year-old veteran artiste talked at length about his feelings on the upcoming presidency during a new episode of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast.
“I’ve felt disgust before, but never the kind of fear that you feel now. It’s as simple as the fear of ‘is someone simply competent enough to do this particular job’? Do they simply have the pure competence to be put in the position of such responsibility?” he says.
“I understand how he got elected,” Springsteen said, before going on to list some reasons — fear of ISIS and fear of job loss. projects. “I want the films to make money — if they cost a lot of money, I don’t want people to lose — but I have got to keep my artistic spirit,” she says.
She further adds, “I have got to approach it but not from a strategic viewpoint, because that just makes me feel not good. So I ask other people to take care of that side of it but let us [artistes] make it. It’s not a business for me.”
Liam Neeson (right) finds Hollywood director JA Bayona (below right) a bit like Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese (below left). Neeson says the film-maker “eats, sleeps and drinks movies”.
“Bayona is a real cinema talent. Occasionally, you get to work with directors who are steeped in the love of what they do, and Bayona is one of those. He’s a walking film encyclopaedia. He’s a bit like Martin Scorsese in that way,” Neeson says.
He says, “He’s also sensitive. He takes care of, guides, and nurtures his actors and that’s what I always hope a director will do.”
“He allows you to experiment, so you both can get at the truth of what a scene is — and he will try for as long as it takes. I love working with a director like that,” added the Taken 2 (2012) ) actor.