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I got a phone call from george miller [the director] asking me to play this role. we sat down and he showed me on his computer a documentary-type montage sequence of real penguins swimming, in an esther williams synchronized sort of way, and doing things i have never seen them do. then he explained his vision of the film, asked me to read the script and to voice the character. i was cast a little bit later, and he let me do the singing as well!

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I Got A Phone Call From George

Brittany Murphy

I got a phone call from george miller [the director] asking me to play this role. we sat down and he showed me on his computer a documentary-type montage sequence of real penguins swimming, in an esther williams synchronized sort of way, and doing things i have never seen them do. then he explained his vision of the film, asked me to read the script and to voice the character. i was cast a little bit later, and he let me do the singing as well!

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With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. but with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film. for truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water. that is what makes a real movie. the script must be something that has the power to do this.

I had to audition for fandango. when i read the script, the role that was interesting - so everyone thought - was the role that costner played. he was the cool guy. and i read the script, and my representation at the time said, "that's the role you should read for." and i was like, "really? how about i read for this other role." and they went, "well, you're not going to get that role."

With a director it's all about the work; i'd work with a great director over - you know, i'm not the kind of actor who that doesn't go, 'i want to play this role.' it's more like, 'i want to work with this director,' regardless of what the role is because if it's a good director, you'll probably find a good role because it's a decent film. but a mediocre director will always make a mediocre movie.

When you say documentary, you have to have a sophisticated ear to receive that word. it should be documentary style, because documentary is police photography of a scene and a murder ... that's a real document. you see, art is really useless, and a document has use. and therefore, art is never a document, but it can adopt that style. i do it. i'm called a documentary photographer. but that presupposes a quite subtle knowledge of this distinction.

I want to show you how stephen miller is just good, folks. he's simply good. he needs to be doing more of these. the first time he went public as a spokesman for donald trump was on this week with george stephanopoulos. stephen miller was unflappable. he didn't lose his temper. he smiled. it appeared that miller knew he was talking with somebody who didn't know what he was talking about and remained composed and polite.

Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read...if you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.

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