Interview Quotes

Accolades and Early Career

"I will tell you, only one of these people was even born when you were nominated for your Oscar."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:01:51

"As I was talking to somebody, they reminded me, oh, you know, that was 40 years ago. I went, yeah, I guess it was."

— SPEAKER_02 • 01:02:13

"I think it does, because look at this beautiful picture. That's kind of fun."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:03:20

"I love it, and so deserving, and hold up the flag for being a survivor in this business and being a veteran and showing you can still do it and still be at the top of your game."

— SPEAKER_01 • 01:03:59

"Well, it was very different than how it is now. There wasn't."

— SPEAKER_02 • 02:30:46

"No, I haven't. What is this?"

— SPEAKER_00 • 00:24:48

"Well, it was very different than how it is now. There wasn't. No, it is."

— SPEAKER_02 • 02:30:46

"I mean, now that there's so many carpets and so many interviews and everybody has a stylist and you have all of these other people that are working with and for you. But back then, I mean, people weren't calling me up like somebody like you and saying, oh, I really want to talk to Amy Madigan. They weren't doing that."

— SPEAKER_02 • 02:31:32

"No, I haven't. I haven't. And that's one of the things when I read the script before certainly I was cast in it, I said, oh, I love this woman. I get who this woman is. She's exciting. She just kind of just has to do what she has to do to survive in this world."

— SPEAKER_02 • 01:17:30

"My husband, Ed Harris, and I, we went and we had to go get our own clothes. We didn't have a stylist, you know. That's what you did. Or at least that's what I did. That's what we did."

— SPEAKER_02 • 02:33:58

The Role of Aunt Gladys in "Weapons"

"I'm so glad, because a couple of people, that's happened to them, too. They go, I didn't know it was you until the credits came. And it was smart for the powers that be in the studio, and Zach Kregor, writer, director, they said, let's keep it under wraps. Let's not have you do publicity and all that kind of stuff. And I totally agree with that. I said, I think it's very smart."

— SPEAKER_02 • 01:06:26

"Yeah, because it should be a surprise to people. And I have, for people who haven't seen the film, Gladys has a very particular look. And she is someone that if you were on the subway or walking down the street, you'd kind of go like that and say, who is this person?"

— SPEAKER_02 • 01:07:06

"Oh, yeah, very much for Gladys, very much. I mean, I did work on my own and all of this, and Zach and I talked. We spent a lot of time, you know, with the team working on that stuff, but I just knew once in pieces I started seeing it and feeling it and putting on the clothes. I said, oh, yeah, I know exactly. It was very clear to me who Aunt Gladys is, very clear to me."

— SPEAKER_02 • 03:08:08

"And that shows it works. Yeah, I'm so glad to hear that observation on it, because Zach was very, no, we're just going to have you kind of go like this. Like I'm the queen waving, you know? Just there."

— SPEAKER_02 • 03:05:43

"Yeah, that is scary, isn't it? You don't want that in your brain while you're trying to do it."

— SPEAKER_02 • 03:06:38

"Well, just say there's a long, long running sequence. Many doors and windows and alleyways."

— SPEAKER_02 • 02:51:49

"And I really was quite vocal in the system. I said, oh, no, I'm, I'm going to do the running. They had a stunt person. They had a stunt person for the very, very end of the sequence. But I said, no, no, I'm going to do this."

— SPEAKER_02 • 02:53:38

"Yes, I do. I like doing physical humor on stuff. It's just, I come up from, you know, live performance in theater. And you engage your whole body with that stuff. And I just, even in some of the films that we have mentioned, I've always put, like, some physical humor and things like that. So this was a really good opportunity to do that."

— SPEAKER_02 • 02:56:48

"It was about, we got it down to just a little under three hours. So that, I know, and there's other people who are in there all day long, depending on what they're doing."

— SPEAKER_02 • 02:59:15

"It's such a great look. It's so iconic already in the annals of horror movies and things like that. That first shot that we see of her, or one of the first from a distance, you just sort of see her there, totally haunts me."

— SPEAKER_01 • 03:04:01

"It's like, who is that? Yeah, just there, you know, but not close up, none of that."

— SPEAKER_02 • 03:05:13

The Power of Film and Hope

"I was very moved by it, and your performance in it, too. And completely opposite of Aunt Gladys. You are, uh, uh, just a kind soul and a strong anchor, I thought, in your scene."

— SPEAKER_01 • 02:21:11

"Yeah, it's a really beautiful film. I think it's independent film in its best, and we need it, because those are new voices, and they're unique voices, and they need to be out there, and so I'm glad that you pay attention to that."

— SPEAKER_02 • 02:22:45

"Yes. Um, Ed and I live in a little cul-de-sac street in, um, Malibu that we've been there for, you know, 42 years in that house. So, we had two houses on the property, and they're gone."

— SPEAKER_02 • 02:27:40

"But you're going to rebuild? Yes, we are. We are."

— SPEAKER_01 • 02:29:07

"That's the power of film, though. Yes. Because I thought this picture, rebuilding, at the time I saw it, gives you hope. It does, doesn't it? For humanity. Yes. You know, and all of that."

— SPEAKER_01 • 02:31:07

"I know it. And if I could just say, the state of the world in general, we need to have some hope with some situations, you know. And that's why film and music are so incredible. Yeah. Because they really make the case that, you know, you'll get through it."

— SPEAKER_02 • 02:33:49

Career Reflections and Evolution of the Industry

"For a long, long time, yeah. I grew up in the, you know, in the Midwest and I played music. I went to Marquette University in Wisconsin, so I played music in the Midwest and drove my Volkswagen out to L.A. with a guitar player and just started woodshedding and playing. And I played with many different great musicians and many bands and all sorts of things. So that was my woodshedding time. I knew how to be on stage and I knew how to tell a story and I felt comfortable up there. So when I kind of made a turn to just devote it to acting, I felt confident that I could do it, you know?"

— SPEAKER_02 • 02:38:42

"People's, like, grandkids are singing now. I'm very proud of that movie. That's Phil Alden Robinson and the cast. Am I kidding? Kevin Costner, Burt Lancaster, James Earl Jones. I mean, you know, it was like, oh, wow."

— SPEAKER_02 • 02:45:42

"Yeah, we've had a really good time working together. I hope we get to do it again. I think we will."

— SPEAKER_02 • 02:57:39

"Oscar nominated and actually won an Oscar for Marcia Gay Harden. For Marcia Gay Harden. Well deserved."

— SPEAKER_02 • 02:59:47

"No. I really couldn't. I don't think it was just naivete. I mean, this is an issue that I've worked on since I was in high school. Right. And now here we are."

— SPEAKER_02 • 03:01:30

"No. It's a frightening time for people and their rights. And I don't see it letting up myself."

— SPEAKER_02 • 03:02:56

"I'm telling you, if I go to the airport and someone will go, oh, you used to act. You know, and you just stand there kind of, your head kind of goes like this. You know what I mean? Or stuff like that."

— SPEAKER_02 • 03:05:53

"I did. And Jesse and I are friends to this day. Yeah, she's great. You've interviewed her. She's so fantastic, you know?"

— SPEAKER_02 • 03:08:46

"He did. And I don't think it was just being a great supportive husband. I think he really believed it because he was seeing something in me getting older and my frustrations, certainly. But saying, no, you wait and see. You're going to get a lot of work. Something's going to happen for you. And he said it a few times, you know. And so here it is, I guess."

— SPEAKER_02 • 03:15:02

"Oh, it's here. It's here. I don't want to jinx anything, but I think you're going to be talking about this movie until you're blue in the face. So I'm so happy that you came in today to be able to talk about it now because everyone needs to see Weapons, even if you don't think you want to. Yeah, it's scary, but it's way beyond that. It's such a clever, smart movie."

— SPEAKER_01 • 03:16:10