Jenna Fischer’s sticking to her acting guns, Emmys look to be 30 Rock and Office heavy and other cool stuff
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I came across this brief but interesting interview with Jenna Fischer over at a blog called Shared Darkness in which she talks about her disdain for writing and directing.
If you’ve ever seen the film Lollilove – and I recommend it to Office diehards, at least – that was her one and only foray into those specialties. It’s a funny and weird little movie with her now estranged husband James Gunn. And apparently it jumpstarted her creatively but cured her of all but the acting bug.
Here’s what she had to say this week…
“I just learned from doing that film that I’m an actor,” she says. “I approach work very emotionally — like, what’s the emotion, what’s the relationship here? And that’s a part of being a director, but the director is also supposed to think about how things look, how to place things and visually paint a picture. And my brain just did not want to do it, it couldn’t paint the picture. Also, I didn’t want to think about it, because then when I had to go in and act, it made me very self-conscious. So I like having the tunnel-vision of just focusing on character and relationship and emotion. Directing hurt my brain; it’s just not big enough for it.”
“I’ll never do that again as well,” she said of writing. “It was horribly painful as well, I didn’t like it. What was great about doing the movie was how much I appreciate anybody who can conjure up something from nothing, anybody who can write or direct and tell a story visually, and any crew member, too. Directing a movie, you gain such an appreciation for what every person on the set is doing, and how things don’t happen in a vacuum, and that the actor isn’t the most important thing to the movie. They just aren’t. Sometimes you get treated like you are, but that’s just a way to baby you so that you stay calm and sedate. But you aren’t actually very important. And that’s a really good thing to know in Hollywood, to keep some perspective.”
Emmys look to be Office, Rock heavy
It’s a safe bet The Office and 30 Rock are going to do well at the 2008 Emmy Awards on Sept. 21. The nominations will be announced July 17, and the two shows are well represented among the semi-finalists.
Both shows are among the 10 named for best comedy (along with the deserving Flight of the Conchords and Curb Your Enthusiasm). Alec Baldwin and Steve Carell, meanwhile, appear on the short list for best actor in a comedy (again, along with Curb’s Larry David and possibly FotC’s Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement).
On the supporting side, John Krasinski and Rainn Wilson are up against Rock’s Jack McBrayer and Tracy Morgan (Weeds’ Justin Kirk is in there too), while Jenna Fischer and Jane Krakowski represent the ladies. the obscure category of best guest actress in a comedy series pits Amy Ryan (The Office) against Elaine Stritch and Edie Falco (30 Rock).
In other 30 Rock/Office news…
…Tracy Morgan hosts Scare Tactics tonight on SciFi.
…Creed’s got another blog up.
…I’m so glad this exists, if only for this…
Tracy: Doctor Spaceman, when they check my DNA, will they tell me what diseases I might get, or help me to remember my ATM pincode?
Dr. Spaceman: Absolutely. Science is whatever we want it to be. I’ll let you know as soon as we have the results.
Tracy: I already know the results, the kid is not mine!
Dr. Spaceman: Boy it’s crazy to think we used to settle questions of paternity by dunking a woman in water until she admitted she made it all up. Different time, the sixties.
…The head’s of the five families are becoming minor Internet celebrities.
…Enjoy this, because it looks cool…
www.strike.tv Teaser from StrikeTV on Vimeo.
…And enjoy this, but don’t spoil me. The Webisodes launch tomorrow, and I’m not watching until then!
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on Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 at 4:20 pm by Brian Howard.
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