André Gregory & Wallace Shawn: 3 Films

“This is three films that André Gregory and Wallace Shawn made together. But the only one I’m featuring right now is Vanya on 42nd Street, simply because it was a very important film for me. It just blew my mind because it was the filming of the rehearsal of a play. Then Louis Malle heard about it and was like, 'Why don’t I film you doing this?' And so he films them. And it’s just a beautiful, beautiful film that really taught me a lot about storytelling.”

“I think I have to do this because of Wally Shawn and he helped me so much on a project that I just finished called Habeas Corpus.”

“Well yeah there is one scene in our film Vanya on 42nd Street where I always leave my seat and go to the bathroom because I know there was another way of doing that scene.”