(you might read Owen Gleibermans take on it here.)
I would freak out, she said, in a voice hoarse from exhaustion.
Oh, I cant wait to see your movie.
But I cant let it in, because I wouldnt even be here.
Id be on the floor someplace.
I believe white guilt whether it was right or wrong dissipated.
Now, screening this film for an audience thats predominately white, they loved it.
Here, she started to get choked up.
He said, I come to this festival all the time.
Ive seen maybe 75 films.
This is the best one Ive ever seen, and the only time Ive cried in a movie.
In that crowd in Salt Lake City, it felt like we were all one.
And I really believe thats because we got over a major hump in America when we elected Barack.
I dont know if this movie would have played that well a year ago, or five years ago.
I think its right on time.
Patton said shes in awe of the younger actresss talent; MoNiques opinion cannot be paraphrased properly.
I would have to say security, she said, gravely serious.
To play a role like that.
To be abused like that.
Thats a security, baby, that I dont know how many people have.
Because what they said as a character is what we as fat people hear when were not in character.
So to hear that, and to get up, and say, Whats next?
She taught me security.
(At this point in the interview, everyone, including the journalist, was crying.)
I dont know how I could have dealt with that.
To be able to hear Cut!
Im looking, like, B-, you are myhero!
I just wanted to be so much like you.
And it taught me to know what I am, and what Im not.
Im big, and Im black, and Im fat, and that got me ajob.
