Do women directors have a different style?
CATHERINE: I would say as much as guys are different from each other. They are very individualistic people. Everyone works differently, but there is a similarity. Most of them are serious about work, but they’re also not so self serious. They’re not all thinking they’re making something no one has seen before. When you try to (make something completely original), that’s when you get into trouble. Q: “Being John Malkovich” was original wasn’t it? CATHERINE: That’s true and I agree, but I don’t think anybody set out to do that. I’ve worked with people who’ll say, “I don’t think anyone has seen this before.” It happens and its fantastic but I think everyone went in thinking “I don’t know what we’re doing.” I remember John Cusack was saying at the table reading “I can’t believe they’re paying us.” Q: You’ve also worked with Neil La Bute (on “Your Friends and Neighbors”). He’s a very distinctive male director… CATHERINE: That’s true yeah. Neil is very much in touch with that other side. Tha
