With The Intern in theaters this week, Nancy Meyers is in the spotlight again. I'm a huge fan of her work from The Holiday (which I've watched at least 8 times) to The Parent Trap, Something's Gotta Give, and Father of the Bride.
Nancy Meyers directed veteran actor Eli Wallach on the set of The Holiday (2006). (Image via Google.)
A few days ago, Ms. Meyers was one of the guests at the BAFTA & BFI Screenwriters' Lecture Series where she had much to share with filmmakers. Here are my three favorites.
“Directing I find is just executing the writing. That’s really why I became a director, honestly it really started out of just protecting the screenplay.”
“Beginning is really hard, the hardest part. Once you get in there it’s just so much better, but the beginning is so hard. I’ll do anything to avoid the beginning.”
“It’s all about getting the page on screen... It’s another year of my life, I have to be the one that’s confident about it, I have to be the most confident about it. ‘Cause I have to also bring a whole lot of people in with me; I have to wrangle actors, I have to get the studio — I have to be the one that makes it all happen. So confidence I think is critical.”
For more from Nancy Meyers, this Indiewire article recaps her BAFTA talk nicely.