I am so so excited to be here. I'm so grateful I'm so humbled to see all
these beautiful people here for the premiere. I love London I love the people
in London it's just a wonderful experience.
Well I mean I have a soft spot for London. I've lived here for two summers once doing a movie and
then did The Elephant Man here. I really love it. And Glastonbury is a big part of this movie
so it means a lot to me to be able to bring it here.
Well I think it's a surprise all around because she everybody knows she is a
wonderful artist but she's also now an incredible actress. And Bradley; who knew
he could sing so well?! So with each of them I think the movies a discovery
about both of them in different ways, so audiences I think you know they're wowed
by it. But they do such a remarkable job you know both of them. And of course it's
for his directorial debut despite his experience (which is you know
he's a lot of it) it's still a pretty remarkable debut I think.
It was extraordinary to see him come alive as a director. We all knew what a brilliant
actor he was and a brilliant filmmaker but he hadn't actually been in charge of
a set as a director. It was like watching a guy get oxygen pumped into his into
his body. I mean he took to it immediately,
he was decisive he's a consummate filmmaker. You know he's edited probably
six movies on his own leading up to this and he really paid attention
when it was Clint or David O'Russell the people he's worked with (Cameron) and he's up
there with all of them now. I can't say enough about Bradley Cooper. I mean he's
just a tremendous filmmaker a tremendous director a tremendous actor, singer,
musician, songwriter in this film. I'm so happy to be by his side here tonight
with the whole cast. Well I'm so thrilled. It's an honor to be a part of this film. I
mean this is an amazing opportunity and the fact that it's you know with Lady
Gaga Bradley Cooper not only as a leader as a director and co-writer it is truly
a dream come true. Lady gaga being first and foremost for sure and once he met
her he knew he could make the movie. But you know unlike a lot of directors he
didn't really rely (I mean even though we had a great casting Department) he's the
one that went to Ohio and got Dave Chappelle to do this movie and met
Andrew Dice Clay for an entirely different role and said he's Ally's
father. You know so it was really Bradley who casts a movie. Well I play a drag bar
owner and you'll see that Lady Gaga has a very special relationship with the
drag bar owner and we're kind of like a family. What's been created in this film
you know this film is full of emotion and a love story but it also has a great
feeling of family and community. So it's nice to see that in
this film. It was such an honor you know you know. I saw that he had a vision in
this film and a story to tell and he believed in me so much and he really
fought for me to be the leading actress in this role. You know there can be a
hundred people in the room at ninety and I don't believe in you and just one does
and it makes all the difference so I'm just grateful that he believed in me and
I've and him so much. I loved it I really
loved it it was the most fulfilling I've ever been artistically. I guess the
biggest challenge was just the fortitude to keep going you know because it was a
long process and you can't really see the light at the end of the tunnel for a
good half of those process and that's always sort of get up knowing that
you're going to be digging a while before you come you know you find
anything. Well you know this story is one that I know, but it's also one that was a
challenge for me you know my character is very different from how I was.
I really believed in myself when I went out to fight for my dreams and Ally my
character she's given up on herself and she doesn't believe she's beautiful she
doesn't believe that she can make it in the music industry she doesn't think
that you know she has anything to offer that it's over for her. So I had to go
back more to my childhood where I felt bullied and I'm not pretty and not good
enough for that part of the role but I was really just drawn to you know
everything about it the authenticity of the film. And you
know we sing everything live and it just it was spent it was a spectacular
experience. My hope is that you know the only reason why I would want to make a
movie is for it to hopefully do what movies have done for me and continue to
do for me; which is to inspire, heal all of those things and movies are such a huge
part of my life. they can expect a rollercoaster the
rollercoaster of a star being born
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