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You know, often in life, you cry when you're caught off-guard. That's where I need to be when I'm acting, too. Julianne Moore cry acting needs Nobody does a lot of plotting. They can't. Everybody wants to do that in life, but I think it's almost impossible. Opportunities present themselves, and you say, "Hey, is this interesting to me?" Is this something you might want to pursue? Maybe you'll get it, maybe you won't. It really does have to do with a "one foot in front of the other" kind of thing, I think. Julianne Moore opportunity interesting thinking If you are at odds with the director, neither one of you is going to get anywhere. You really do have to be able to make both of you happy. Julianne Moore able odds directors People talk about generating my own work, but I don't really know how to go about that. There are certainly some roles in the theater I'd like to play but I don't know if I'll ever get to do it. Julianne Moore roles play people Very rarely have I worked with a director where we've been at odds. And by the time you've actually talked to somebody and you have the job, there's something that they see in you that they want you to bring to the character. And the best director says very little to you, acting-wise. They usually just say, "Okay, here's the shot." It's their job to do all that stuff, and your job's to do the acting. So it's very rare that somebody will say, "Oh, no. I conceived this very differently". Julianne Moore okay acting character My life may be a pretty crazy life at times, but its a very privileged one - being able to earn a good living doing what you love. Not many people have such an opportunity. Julianne Moore doing-what-you-love crazy opportunity
