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What goes on between a father and a son, which is usually such a private matter, is that they are able to be honest with each other, and be honest with me, as a director. It's just remarkable.
Lee Grant -
First of all, the leads aren't the kind of acting work that I like. The parts that are meatier are not the ones that have to have a romance.
Lee Grant
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I watch a lot of television. The stuff that they're putting on television, series like 'The Americans' and 'Game of Thrones,' it's so superior to most of the films that are coming out of Hollywood in terms of drama, certainly in terms of what we're interested in.
Lee Grant -
I find that the stuff on television is more exciting than the films, which are for teens almost.
Lee Grant -
This is our lives. The way to give it dignity is to tell the truth.
Lee Grant -
I started writing to reassure myself that I was still all here.
Lee Grant -
You can take your life into your own hands in terms of directing. There are ways for you to finance yourself and to write and make a film.
Lee Grant -
I was 24 when I was blacklisted. I was 36 when I got off the blacklist. How much of a life does an actress have in L.A. past 25? ... I was really scared of having producers know that I was on my way to 40.
Lee Grant