Martin Sheen on Laura Innes
Oak 1900
the alt.tv.er group:
>Short article on West Wing main man Martin Sheen and his take on Laura Innes
>directing the show
>
>Media Quotes
>Veteran actor Martin Sheen admits it took him a while to warm up to West Wing
>director Laura Innes.
>For starters, Sheen had no idea that Innes had already made a name for
>herself
>playing ER's sassy Dr. Kerry Weaver when she signed on to direct NBC's White
>House drama. "But my wife sure knew who she was, and boy, did I get a beating
>for that," he tells TV Guide Online.
>
>"My wife asked me who was directing, and I said, 'Some little girl. Hell, she
>looks about 14 years old, I don't know her name,' " recalls Sheen. "She
>looked
>at the call sheets and said, 'You a------! Laura Innes is directing! She's
>the
>best thing on ER, man. You'd better go back and behave yourself.' So I did
>what
>my wife told me, and I listened to everything [Innes] had to say."
>
>Now Sheen has nothing but kudos for the 'little girl' who is directing him
>and
>his West Wing co-stars. He recalls one scene in which he and John Spencer
>were
>over doing it during a fight: "She let it go for about six or eight takes.
>And
>then she came in and began to take all the decorations away and said, 'Just
>go
>right to the heart and just make it personal.' I saw the scene get smaller
>and
>smaller, and by the end of the evening we were just looking at each other and
>talking the truth and responding. It was phenomenal what she did."
>
>Innes seems pretty amused by Sheen's transformation. "So, Martin's wife is
>why
>he was so nice to me?" she asks us. "I guess I'll have to send her flowers or
>something."
>
>"Martin Sheen's Change of Heart"
>By Jeanne Wolfe
>May 3, 2000
>TV Guide Online
I'm not sure what's with the date. I'm assuming it's correct.
spam]@world.std.com Blair P. Houghton
>I'm not sure what's with the date. I'm assuming it's correct.
Apparently, she directed "Shibboleth", and was nominated
for an emmy for directing "Shibboleth", and was stomped
by Tommy Schlamme, because Tommy Schlamme is a director, and
Laura Innes is not.
--Blair
"That's what I know."
JP
"Blair P. Houghton" wrote:
>
> Oak 1900 <oak...@aol.com> wrote:
> >I'm not sure what's with the date. I'm assuming it's correct.
The date is when it was published on TV Guide Online.
JP
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DrKerryWeaver1
>Laura Innes is not.
I hate to be the one to tell you this, but she IS a director. She will direct
her third West Wings soon, she has done 5 ER's, and one Presido Med and is in
talks to direct feature length films for Warner Bros.
--
"You have all these groovy hero doctors then there's Weaver - this really
aggressive character which the audience may either hate or love but can't help
but find compelling."- Laura Innes 2002
spam]@world.std.com Blair P. Houghton
>>Tommy Schlamme is a director, and
>>Laura Innes is not.
>
>I hate to be the one to tell you this, but she IS a director. She will direct
>her third West Wings soon, she has done 5 ER's, and one Presido Med and is in
>talks to direct feature length films for Warner Bros.
I'm not speaking legally, I'm speaking critically.
--Blair
"Heavy != good."