I understand acting I think more now because of that, Ryan told an audience at theSarajevo Film Festival.
I think, as an actor, youre a soloist in an orchestra.
You dont see the big picture.
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We didnt have a big budget.
We shot in 21 nights.
The movie had to have scope.
Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal in ‘When Harry Met Sally,’ 1989 (Columbia/Everett Collection)
We ended up shooting in a museum in Arkansas.
What a crazy thing to be famous for, she quipped.
When questioned about her beginnings in the business, Ryan said: I really started with no knowledge.
I think that I had a beginners mind, which I see now as a very valuable thing.
And in my second scene he goes, OK, Meg, in this scene, youre sad.
And it was great.
It was simple and great.
There is no right.
And that was great advice.
She made the set like a dinner party at her house.
It was so fun.
It was a way of, I think, creating an environment to bring out the best in people.
Were so lucky to do it.
