Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Churchis an American actor, director and writer. After co-starring in the 1990s sitcom Wings, Church became known for his film roles, including his performance in Sideways and his role as the Sandman in Spider-Man 3. He also made his directorial debut with Rolling Kansas...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth17 June 1961
CountryUnited States of America
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Certainly anybody who auditions for the role is an actor, so everybody brings whatever backstory they have, their experiences in LA. Good or bad.
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Last summer when we were preparing for the movie, I actually kind of wanted to stay fairly uninformed about it. As we went through the process that we do in the movie, I wanted to be a little wide-eyed.
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When I moved to L.A. in 1989, the very first thing I did was this horrific pilot called To Protect And Surf.
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I made a comfortable living for several years. I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom.
Cary and I are working together on another movie, Charlotte's Web.
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To some extent I could identify with that because I kind of just made my money and got out.
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It's one of those scenarios where no, I never imagined that I'd be directed in a love scene - not even a love scene because it's kind of a hard-core sex scene because it's kind of just purely played for this carnal venting.
He was using me. When he cast me in Sideways I was nothing but a vessel.
The title of the movie is open to interpretation.
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But I think once the word gets out that the movie is funny - funny is transcendent - it will traverse all demographic barriers if people embrace it as a funny movie.
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I made a comfortable living for several years.
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Just being plugged into the industry and seeing how fast and loose people play it, in terms of romance, it's almost like a parallel universe.
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But to this day I am convinced that the real reason we met was because Alexander is from Nebraska, and he was completely fascinated that I was about to go off and make a movie with Brando - perhaps the most famous Nebraskan of all.
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If you are truly fearless as a performer, than you don't fear kids or dogs.