
Simon Helberg – Florence Foster Jenkins
“The joy she had when she sang was very infectious.”
“The joy she had when she sang was very infectious.”
“I think comedy has always been married to pathos. Cruelty is also entwined as well in my work.”
“[Lady Susan is] very clear-eyed about what each man is for in her life.”
“A movie is a lighter affair. It’s kind of like a soufflé.”
“I didn’t want to do a movie about Miles Davis. I wanted to be Miles Davis. They said, ‘Wow, that sounds great!'”
“Judd Apatow wanted to make something more traditional…like ‘Big Adventure.'”
“I was a fan. I was the kid who dressed up as Pee-wee.”
“I think it is part of my upbringing and my culture to believe in miracles.”
“What I was most fascinated by was the spirit of the journalist and their commitment to finding and revealing the truth.”
“I was scared of this kind of stuff as a kid. I think by exploring darkness in my adult life I have control over it.”
“If you get them to listen, you can make them laugh.”
“There is a vast array of relationships in the world, but fundamentally, they all come from the same place.”