I didn't think American Pie was going to be what it was! I had a very small role and the reception I received was just crazy.
Jennifer CoolidgeThe thing I'm obsessed with is really great bad paintings. I have a storage locker full of them and I want to give them their own museum. You don't even know who these artists are - you can buy them at garage sales, antique stores and places like that. They're brilliant because they were done with the intention of being great, but the artist sort of made a wrong turn. Some of them are hilarious and I can't get enough of them.
Jennifer CoolidgeWhen it's going well, stand-up is the best thing in the world, but when it's not, it feels like all your toes are being pulled off one by one.
Jennifer CoolidgeThere's definitely a psychology to making you feel important and like you're part of the game. It's a very special quality, especially with a first-time director.
Jennifer CoolidgeWhen you're making a movie, you feel like a very small part of something that you really don't have much influence upon. You roll in, you do your thing, and then you're gone.
Jennifer CoolidgeWhen people ask me what my dream role would be, I tell them that it's to play someone very dark. Very dark - like someone involved in the drug world or some other criminal venture. Maybe someone who's delusional or not all there or just not well. I really hope I can do that one day.
Jennifer Coolidge