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American Riviera Award:
ETHAN HAWKE

On Friday night, February 6th, reporters BRYCE & LAYLA were on duty in the press line for the American Riviera Award. They were given the opportunity to ask one question of the honoree, ETHAN HAWKE.

When asked "If your younger self could watch one of your performances, what do you think would surprise him the most," ETHAN began his reply with "I think I'd be so elated that I was still doing it..."

On Friday night, February 6th, reporters BRYCE & LAYLA were on duty in the press line for the American Riviera Award. They got a chance to speak with the award's presenter, JEFF BRIDGES!

Honing in on the famous actor's love of photography, they asked about his exhibit of wide-aspect photos at a nearby gallery. When asked about what drew him to that, he responded "Well, the first time I saw this camera was at my wedding, 48 years ago now. And this fella was taking these pictures, and I just loved them. And my wife ended up giving me one of these cameras, the Widelux."

CHLOE COLEMAN

On Friday night, February 6th, reporters BRYCE & LAYLA were on duty in the press line for the American Riviera Award. They got to speak with some fascinating filmmakers along the way! Here they talk with an actor (and now, executive producer) just a few years older than they, CHLOE COLEMAN, from the film "Relatively Normal".

Asked about how the part found her, she responded "This part found me, our writer, Amy Wendell, shared the script with me through a family friend. And it's about COVID, so I immediately kind of connected to that experience, something that we all kind of went through."

ADAM MOSKOWITZ

On Friday night, February 6th, reporters BRYCE & LAYLA were on duty in the press line for the American Riviera Award. They got to speak with some fascinating filmmakers along the way! Here they interact with the buoyant ADAM MOSKOWITZ, the producer (and one of the subjects of) the documentary "The Big Cheese".

Asked about what teen should take away from the film, he started with "Be creative. Never give up. Always believe in yourself. You don't have to follow the norm. You can actually be what you want to be..."

JAMES OLIVIER

On Friday night, February 6th, reporters BRYCE & LAYLA were on duty in the press line for the American Riviera Award. They got to speak with some fascinating filmmakers along the way! Here they talk with writer JAMES OLIVIER, from the film "The Yellow Tie."

"What makes a good movie," they asked. His response: "First and foremost, a movie is storytelling...Writing a great story and then finding the right actors to tell your story. We were lucky enough to have amazing actors like John Malkovich and Miranda Richardson. But...it starts with the story."

SERGE IOAN CELEBIDACHI

On Friday night, February 6th, reporters BRYCE & LAYLA were on duty in the press line for the American Riviera Award. They got to speak with some fascinating filmmakers along the way! Here they talk with writer/director SERGE IOAN CELEBIDACHI, from the film "The Yellow Tie."

"How did you find the story," they asked. He responded "It's been since I was a kid, because it's actually the story of my father..."

OLIVIA POPICA

On Friday night, February 6th, reporters BRYCE & LAYLA were on duty in the press line for the American Riviera Award. They got to speak with some fascinating filmmakers along the way! Here they have a conversation with actor OLIVIA POPICA, from the film "The Yellow Tie."

She jumped in and described the story "...it's a biopic...of an international orchestra conductor of Romanian origin...Hopefully it's the kind of story that is inspiring to people from whatever field...I hope it will inspire people to pursue their dreams."

MIRANDA RICHARDSON

On Friday night, February 6th, reporters BRYCE & LAYLA were on duty in the press line for the American Riviera Award. They got to speak with some fascinating filmmakers along the way! Here they have an exchange with famous actor MIRANDA RICHARDSON, from the film "The Yellow Tie."

When asked for advice about acting, she responded in part, "...keep at it...pursue your dream, you know, whatever makes you happy...And also to remember that small is beautiful...It doesn't have to be big, glitzy, you know, huge money-making stuff...You have to feel kind of embedded in what you're doing."

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