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“I like the idea of the documentary as a portrait. There's not a chronological beginning, middle, and end structure. You build something in the editing room that's shaped by getting to know the person and digging deeper, unpeeling the layers of them as you get to know them.”
“Then, in 2000, John Reid, Elton John's former manager, asked me to audition for the stage version of The Graduate he was producing. So I worked on it, got the part, and after three weeks' rehearsal I was on stage!”
| Gerry Adams, Politician (1948) |
| Shana Alexander, Journalist (1925) |
| George Carman, Lawyer (1929) |
| Barbara Castle, Politician (1910) |
| Britt Ekland, Actress (1942) |
| Riccardo Giacconi, Scientist (1931) |
| Fannie Lou Hamer, Activist (1917) |
| Maria Jeritza, (1887) |
| Amy Jo Johnson, Actress (1970) |
| Bette Davis, Actress (1989) |
| Richard Farnsworth, Actor (2000) |
| Walter Hagen, Athlete (1969) |