After starring in nearly 40 movies, Meg Ryan recently added a new title to her resume: director.
It was a very hard thing to do and I cant believe I did it, honestly.
I thought that was such a dear and very emotional through-line and motivation for a protagonist.
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Ryan also found the storys value-of-innocence theme applying to her own life.
When I read it I was getting divorced at the time, she reveals.
So [I had] that feeling of, how do you keep your kids safe?
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The world is harsh, you know?
Some lessons are going to be too hard.
And I felt like the book had a lot of wisdom in it.
I love that often adults are very confounded by these big questions of, why?
Ryan had some questions of her own about her new job.
She got some guidance from her previous on-set bosses.
Ithaca, which also stars Sam Shepard and Hamish Linklater, includes a full score by John Mellencamp.
And she got the whole thing shot in just 23 days Crazy!
Im still tired, she joked to the audience.
Crazy, but worth it.
