Signature Roles

OPRAH WINFREY THE ACTRESS I came to The Oprah Winfrey Show that first nationally syndicated episode in 1986 because I loved her acting...

PATRICIA CLARKSON Expertly written and directed by ( THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, writer/director) Lisa Cholodenko. Her magic as a screenwriter...

CHER Brilliant in SILKWOOD , which will probably make my top 100 favs – that last moment just kills me. MASK had some great moments, espec...

SIGOURNEY WEAVER Smart, sexy, tall, hard working – Sigourney Weaver is one of the best under-appreciated actors ever. You can feel her dis...

NAOMI WATTS I love Naomi Watts but I just didn’t get MULHOLLAND DRIVE. I’ve seen it a bunch of times and I just don’t get it. If someone c...

Michelle Pfeiffer The film follows two brothers trying to make their old lounge act work. Times are tough and the two brothers have hit roc...

Charlize Theron  It's not an awards seeking ‘transformation’ stunt.  I had many reservations going into MONSTER. Well, one main one. ...

Laura Dern I was probably one of the five people that saw and loved SMOOTH TALK. I watched it a lot as a teenager. I felt like if I had a t...

DIANA ROSS Lady Sings the Blues is an old-fashioned Hollywood biopic about a famous doomed singer. Except this film is about the blac...

DIANNE WIEST It’s difficult comparing Allen films, there are so many good ones, but if I were forced at gunpoint I would say HANNA...

GLENN CLOSE I first heard about THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, from my Aunt Linda who read a lot. She read it by our pool during the summer ...

SANDRA BERNHARD This is a true blue Signature Role. It’s a violent assault to the senses. Who else could have played this over the edge, m...

MAGGIE SMITH "Dying is easy Comedy is hard"  Maggie Smith as Diana Barrie in CALIFORNIA SUITE is serious comedic joy at its ...

ELIZABETH SHUE I have to say when I went into this film in 1995, I went in with great trepidation. Looking at the ads and poster before go...

JUDY DAVIS HUSBANDS & WIVES goes beneath the surface of marital woes in a way few movies ever do. It examines marriage, from the insi...

Elizabeth Taylor How many 33 year old actresses today would take on a mid-forties ball-chopping drunk? Not many. Even in a Pulitzer Pri...