Now, Voyager

“Now I’m picking Now, Voyager. It’s Paul Henreid and Bette Davis. It’s the one where Paul Henreid puts two cigarettes in his mouth and lights them both and gives– “Shall we have a cigarette on it?” And I’m leaving out Claude Rains, who may be one of my very favorite actors ever. Great character actor. A little taller, he would’ve been a leading man, but he got better parts because he’s a little on the short side. In this he plays her psychiatrist, and he is so touching and warm with her.”

“And this film is by Irving Rapper who's not, you know, a celebrated director as we're discussing, but something happened with Bette Davis at the prime of her career with this film Now, Voyager. It is a perfect film.”

“Right next to it. Okay. It’s Now, Voyager. This was my Mother’s favorite movie. And, again, it’s Bette Davis, who was one of the most interesting women. Really strong. Just sort of knew who she was and put that in all of her characters. I started on Friends, went out to the Stage 24, and looked at the plaque at Warner Brothers, and they shot some stuff from Now, Voyager, it was on the plaque, and I was so excited to tell my mom. Yeah, that was thrilling.”