I had no interest in really becoming an actress or doing that kind of thing I just knew that I wanted to do something in making films.
Susan DowneyA long way of saying I've seen a lot of kind of more systemic and processed changes. Although we still are providing the kind of material you're still seeing out there now.
Susan DowneyI'll put it this way, there was no C.P. Kennedy, there was no Dwight Dickham, we never went in the courtroom. That was the script I got. The affliction that the judge is suffering from was completely different.
Susan DowneyWhat I saw over all that time were so many deals disappearing and producers disappearing, fewer movies getting made, and it just being a bit more difficult. Working with Joel, we were in a bit of a bubble because he was always making things that were working for the studio and that kind of thing. We were always in production on something.
Susan DowneyI was very focused, driven, rigid, work-oriented. I didn't care about having a family or making a home. I didn't think about kids. It's not that I didn't want those things, I just didn't think about them. And then I had someone who came in as a tornado, this creative, beautiful ball of insane energy and passion. And it completely opened me up.
Susan DowneyI get bored really easily. I get bored with people really easily. I get bored with routine easily. I donโt like things that are average, or normal. I care if I have the best โ in the world about that - just wanting that great light that everybody looks at and goes โAhhhโ. I feel like thatโs what Iโve found in my partner.
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