Neve Campbell appeared on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight this week to promote Scream 4.
The interview started with the obligatory "So . . . Scream 4?" question, but later George actually asked Neve some interesting questions that I've long wondered, like why she left Hollywood and mainstream movies behind.
Here's some choice quotes from Neve . . .
ON BLACK SWAN:
"I haven't had a chance to see it yet . . . I do really want to see it, I do enjoy seeing dance films, I imagine I'll be a little bit critical. I mean, part of the reason that I created The Company is because I hadn't thought there had been many dance films out there that had ever given you a true version of what it is to be a dancer and what that world is about."
ON ATTENDING THE NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL OF CANADA:
"People say to me, if I had a daughter would I ever put her in dance school, and I'll do everything I can to make sure she doesn't. But if she has to do it, if it's in her instincts and she's passionate about it you can't really stop people."
ON MOVING TO LONDON:
"For me, when I was in Los Angeles I was just tired of being in a city where it was all about the industry. Where it's guaranteed if you're in Los Angeles in a restaurant, every single table around you is either a director or a writer, or an actor or someone talking about a script, or a producer, or financing. And every single billboard is something to do with the industry, and even the news, everything you get on the news there is about the industry, about the Oscars. You wouldn't be hearing about Libya as much as you should be. And I just started to get really frustrated about that . . . Personally I prefer to be in an environment that inspires me in a greater way."
ON CREATING HER OWN PROJECTS:
"To me it's better to be proactive than to sit around and complain that there aren't enough good roles. The industry has definitely changed, the climate in the industry is pretty tense at the moment. There's not a lot of financing, there's not a lot of money out there, so it's hard to get the good, meaningful projects made. Studios nowadays are having to be fairly predictable about what they make, because they want to guarantee box office, and unfortunately that's had an effect on what we get to see in the theatres."
ON HER SHORT-LIVED RETURN TO TV:
"I went to South Africa and I made a show called The Philanthropist for NBC, and unfortunately it only went nine episodes because the network didn't know how to make a show about world issues. It wasn't about cops or hospitals, but the intent was right."
Another great interview from Neve! Love love love her.
Click here to ch-check out Neve's full interview on CBC's website.