J.K. Simmons found himself at a turning point in his career in 2015 after winning the Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA for his role as a hyper-aggressive music teacher in “Whiplash.”
a drama written, edited and directed by his wife Michelle Schumacher. The film, released earlier this month, follows Simmons’ character through three periods of his life as he tries to reconcile his past.
“Every time I read something that I’m being offered I either respond to it or I don’t,” he notes. “It’s not just based on whether I think it’s good or not but whether I’m the right guy for it.”“I’m Not Here,” Steve “Aside from the obvious that the director is my lovely spouse, it was great to work on.
and his writers continued to come up with intelligent, believable plot lines where we didn’t feel like we were jumping the shark in Season 3 or veering into the ridiculous. I look back very fondly on that time.”Joyce and Oswald Klaven are the parents of the groom in the comedy"I Love You, Man." “That is the most I have ever laughed on set in my career. All the hilarious actors in that movie – we just had a non-stop laugh fest. There was a scene that was in the shooting script that ended up never being shot, and Andy Samberg and I were whining and bitching and moaning – to no effect – about trying to get that scene back in. It was a scene with Andy and I, best pals, in a hotel suite watching a golf tournament on TV and joking and it was hilarious.
“That also felt like a real seminal film in the history of popular movies. That was my third movie in a row with Sam Raimi and he was the first big-time director I really had a continuing relationship with. Sam is such a wonderful director, but he’s a great guy. The director dictates what kind of vibe you’re going to have on set and Sam is good-natured, low-key, funny, smart, prepared. But at the same time he’s open to actors who like to think on their feet and improvise.
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