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September 17, 2006
Like, four people said they had a degree in semiotics: Gyllenhaal on H'wd IQs
In the Observer, Gaby Wood talks at length to Maggie Gyllenhaal as a quartet of her pics hit the UK: "Gyllenhaal's closest friends are not in the movie business. Two of them are academics, and one is a photographer, which is, she says, 'very nice'. 
'At first I didn't like mixing those worlds, but they're so understanding of the weird stuff I have to do in my job, and having someone come over with three racks of clothes, and I get to pick whatever I want to wear to a premiere. I used to be so embarrassed, and I just realised: my friends love me, and they understand that silly stuff.' ... I'm sure that if anyone can keep the silly stuff from encroaching, she can, but I wonder if in the end she'll feel that Hollywood offers her enough that's more than silly. She laughs, and... tells a story. 'My friend, who is very smart and is a producer, told me that he was sitting at a table at some silly award lunch and someone got up to introduce someone who was getting an award. She said: "This is the only person in this room who has a degree in semiotics." And, like, four people at my friend's table said: "I have a degree in semiotics!" So yes, there are some unintellectual people in Hollywood... but there are some really interesting, smart, thoughtful people making movies, too.'
Posted by Ray Pride at September 17, 2006 07:06 PM
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