Marisa Tomei wallpapers
Marisa Tomei followed up As the World Turns in 1987 with a role on the sitcom A Different World. Her breakthrough performance came in My Cousin Vinny (1992), for which she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. After her Oscar win, she received a Screen Actor’s Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Female Supporting Actor for Unhook the Stars. Next, she received an American Comedy Award nomination for Funniest Supporting Actress for Slums of Beverly Hills. She was nominated for a Satellite Award as Best Supporting Actress for What Women Want.
Marisa Tomei received a second Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for In The Bedroom (2001). Tomei has also done substantial work in the theater, including taking lead roles on Broadway in Wait Until Dark (1998) and Salomé (2003), and many Off-Broadway plays.
In 1996, Marisa Tomei made a guest appearance on the sitcom Seinfeld, playing herself in “The Cadillac, Part 1″ and “2″. She has also made an appearance on The Simpsons, as a movie star who falls in love with Ned Flanders. In 2005, Tomei featured in an ad campaign for Hanes with the slogan “Look who we’ve got our Hanes on now”, featuring various other celebrities including Michael Jordan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Damon Wayans, Matthew Perry and, on Spanish-language advertising, Aracely Arambula and Pablo Montero.
In 2006, Marisa Tomei had a recurring role on the TV series Rescue Me, playing Johnny’s ex-wife Angie. In 2007, she returned to the big screen in the Sidney Lumet-directed Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead opposite co-stars Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke. This role received extra attention for the usually modest Tomei, who had nude love scenes with both Hoffman and Hawke.
Flying in the face of a traditional Hollywood starlet’s career, Tomei has chosen to embrace theater work, barely budgeted indies, and quirky cinematic tales–all in the name of charting a path to which she’s most drawn: that of an actress who embraces smarts, diversity and work outside-of-the-box. Yup, she’s full of surprise.
On what exactly attracted her to this film:
Marisa Tomei: It was really Mr. Cusack! His passion for it and his excitement and he said he wanted to work with me. [Making herself laugh]. So, that was flattering! He had described it as in the tone of Grosse Pointe Blank, and I loved that tone. It was a very smart comedy. It’s very rare to find that. So, that’s what got me intrigued!
On discovering something that surprised her during production:
Marisa Tomei: I was just astonished by how many hats John could wear and how many different jobs he’s really good at–he’s a great producer, he’s a great writer, he’s a great actor. He had such a vision for the film … just to see him relentless going to bat for this movie every day. He’s such a good sport!
On the sort of message that the film brings to audience members:
Marisa Tomei: I guess it is sort of laughing at what the government is doing. The government really is run by corporations. So, that’s what it’s really saying. You know you can have a really good release from crying over a tragedy…the situation that this is based on is really tragic. But, you can also have another kind of process where emotions come up through a really hard laugh. Hopefully that sort of happens through this film.
On what she does to catch a breath, as a personal sort of release:
Marisa Tomei: Well [slyly pausing], I have to admit I spend a lot of time watching Rock of Love. [Laughing out loud] I got suckered into that one! I had a role as a stripper in a play and my friends were like, “You have to watch Rock of Love because it’s strippers on their down time.” I watched it all the way to the finale! I was outraged that he didn’t choose Daisy, really! [Still laughing].
On working with Hilary Duff:
Marisa Tomei: Lovely, lovely.
On participating in Tribeca’s Film Festival–especially as a native New Yorker:
Marisa Tomei: Well, this is the first film I’ve had at this festival. I’m happy to have friends and family members come. It’s just a nice feeling. It’s close to my house! That’s good too.
On what it’s like to work with the Cusack siblings–John and Joan–icons of family talent in the business:
Marisa Tomei: He absolutely worships her [Joan], as she should be worshiped because she’s a genius. It’s just so beautiful to see it. Everything she does just cracks him up! Like, she’s the one in the family. Like you said, it’s this theatrical family and [with John] it’s like, “Joan’s the one. Joanie’s the one.” And just to see him appreciate his sister–it’s really cozy. I’m pretty tight with my brother, my cousins, my family is really close so I felt that similarity. I felt at home with their family because it reflected my family’s life as well.
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