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SXSW 2008: A conversation with Helen Hunt

9:25 PM Sun, Mar 09, 2008 | Permalink |
Stephen Becker

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Helen Hunt, the writer, director and star of Then She Found Me took part in an interview with Associated Press movie critic Christy Lemeire on Sunday afternoon. The main focus: How many times people told her "no" when it came to making her movie, which she said she began work on 10 years ago. But with a room full of filmmakers in attendance, most of the questions dealt with actual moviemaking rather than the usual celeb questions you might expect. An early questioner asked Ms. Hunt why she decided to direct the movie in addition to writing it (she says she actually decided to star in it fairly late in the process).
"After the long process of writing the movie, I became more and more married to the movie," she said. "It got to a point where it would have taken longer to explain to someone how I wanted it directed than to direct it myself."
And what was the experience of running the show like for the first time director?
"Well, the Coen Brothers have the other Coen Brother," she said. "All I had was me."

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