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Holly Hunter: powerhouse producer.(fun fearless females 2004)(Brief Article)(Interview)
"Acting has been a wild ride. I haven't really ever had the desire to do anything else."
Holly Hunter personified the ambitious working girl in the 1987 hit movie Broadcast News. And now, 17 years later, it's clear there was more than a little of the real Holly in that hard-driving character. The 45-year-old New Yorker has appeared in more than 30 flicks, including Living Out Loud, Home for the Holidays, and The Firm, and she won an Oscar for her remarkable portrayal of a mute pianist in 1993's The Piano. But her most recent gutsy move was playing the mom of an out-of-control adolescent in last year's Thirteen, an eye-opening indie film that she also executive-produced.
WHY DID YOU WANT TO DO THIRTEEN?
I look for work that is good, and often, that's in a slightly different venue than you'd think, like stage or television. What really compelled me to do Thirteen is how it shows the strangeness that we ...
- Holly Hunter struck by genuine nature of `Thirteen'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Butler, Robert W. September 25, 2003 700+ words
...minute she started reading the screenplay to ``Thirteen,'' Holly Hunter recalled, she knew it was the real deal. ``I...else could have expressed it.'' In fact, ``Thirteen'' was written by a girl _ Nikki Reed, now 15...
- Holly Hunter struck by genuine nature of `Thirteen'.
- News wire article from: Kansas City Star September 24, 2003 700+ words
...minute she started reading the screenplay to ``Thirteen,'' Holly Hunter recalled, she knew it was the real deal. ``I...else could have expressed it.'' In fact, ``Thirteen'' was written by a girl _ Nikki Reed, now 15...
- LADY-IN-WAITING.(Holly Hunter and Evan Rachel Wood at West Coast premiere of...
- Magazine article from: WWD August 14, 2003 700+ words
...as was the case at Tuesday's West Coast premiere of "Thirteen." Thanks to her raw emotional portrayal of a teen gone bad...Wood stands poised to emerge as the year's breakout star. Holly Hunter, who plays her troubled mom, is no slouch in the acting...
- Holly Hunter.(Interview)
- Magazine article from: Interview Foster, Jodie November 1, 1995 700+ words
...I like to refer to Holly Hunter as "The Suction Cup...choose to help train my thirteen-week-old boxer puppy...you ever have dogs? HOLLY HUNTER: I've never had a...re little puppies--thirteen weeks or so--they...
- Holly Hunter to Receive Distinguished Actor Award from Costume Designers Guild...
- Press release article from: Business Wire January 30, 2004 700+ words
...winning actress Holly Hunter ("The Piano") and...Actress nominee (for "Thirteen") will receive the...Actor Award this year to Holly Hunter, a most worthy recipient...download a photo of Holly Hunter visit www.oscars...
- Holly Hunter strives for `ultra-reality' in every role she takes on.
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) February 27, 2004 700+ words
...t have Academy Awards and Holly Hunter on Sunday will be going for...fatally enabling mother in "thirteen," prides herself on "serving...and over again throughout `thirteen,'" Hunter says. "This...from the $1.4 million "thirteen" to Columbia-TriStar...
- Holly Hunter strives for `ultra-reality' in every role she takes on.(Knight...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Lovell, Glenn February 27, 2004 700+ words
...t have Academy Awards and Holly Hunter on Sunday will be going for...fatally enabling mother in "thirteen," prides herself on "serving...and over again throughout `thirteen,'" Hunter says. "This...from the $1.4 million "thirteen" to Columbia-TriStar...
- Hunter's career path takes many left turns.(Holly Hunter)(Biography)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Weinberg, Kris January 15, 2003 700+ words
...an actor's film career, Holly Hunter seems to have tossed it out...Fest: competition entry "Thirteen," which chronicles the descent...redemption. "What drew me to 'Thirteen' was the exoticism of the...in her character," says "Thirteen" director Catherine Hardwicke...
- Costumers laud Hunter.(Costume Designers Guild awards Holly Hunter with the...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety McNary, Dave February 3, 2004 700+ words
...Costume Designers Guild has tapped Holly Hunter as the recipient of the honorary...Distinguished Actor Award this year to Holly Hunter, a most worthy recipient," said...1987, "The Firm" in 1993 and "Thirteen" this year.
- Holly Hunter: "Saving Grace".(LEADING LADIES: Women from these new shows don't...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Blair, Iain June 5, 2008 700+ words
Holly Hunter has always excelled at playing strong...Broadcast News," "The Firm" and "Thirteen" (three more Oscar-nominated perfs...last few years. "Take for example 'Thirteen,' which I loved doing. I loved the...
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