Evanora

Jane Ross Interviews

David Heyman Half-Blood Prince interview about Ross

David Heyman: "Once she started to be surrounded by all these other influences, these brilliant actors, like Helena Bonham, Gary Oldman, Imelda Staunton, Maggie Smith-- she really began to delve deeper into her character. She's completely devoted to what she does, and every aspect of film, not just acting. She loves the idea of set design and set construction, and is fascinated by special effects and all the machinery we put together for the films, and loves doing behind-the-scenes footage because she want's everyone else to love the set as much as she does. She'll do anything-- small stunts on the brooms, learning wand fighting, she really tries to squeeze in her own ideas for costume design for her character. And she loves talking to the other actors when she's all ready, and she treats everyone equally, regardless if they are an extra, if they are a makeup artist, even the director, me. She puts her heart and soul into making sure she gets every bit wright, and absolutely hates it when she is unprepared. She'll come in some days with her script bulleted with notes of every little detail. And she doesn't take much advice either from me or from other actors-- she'll listen, and she's a darling, of course, but she focuses on taking complete charge of developing her character for the films. She's starting to put her own life aside for these films, and she's so respectful of other actors. She knows what's best for her own character, and frequently sees to Joe Rowling for advice. She loves her job, absolutely, even though she's a workaholic. That's what I don't think other people see in her very often-- it's not all photo-shoots and expensive jewelry and fame in her world."

::::::::::Daniel Radcliffe Interview about Ross

"Jane, she's so cool. She's got a really care-free vibe to her because she puts most things as second priority to her job. And she isn't one of those people who are like 'oh i'm so privileged to have this role, I just hope I did good enough for the part,' no, she's got the mindset of 'this role was for me, only I can do it right and I will get it right,' and she won't take anything from anyone who tells her she's doing it wrong because she knows that character better than anyone else. She, in some ways, created that character. And if you've met her in real life, you realize that she's absolutely nothing like her character, not even her mannerisms are at all alike because she regards herself as a completely different person, and then you realize: 'whoa, that all was really good acting,' although it seems like in the films she's just being her normal self because she makes it look so real. And she strains herself constantly because of it-- she's set the bar so high for her self, and there's nowhere else to go but improve. She learns something new about herself every day."

:::::::Jane Ross interview about herself

"Most people are pretty shocked to meet me, thinking that i'm just like my character. I'm really not-- and lately i've been so uptight and edgy because all I do is work, and i'd say harder than some of my co-stars because I think that all movies should really be concentrated on everything each character does, the way they think, breathe, walk, talk. And for each character I do as I start to do other movies, I use different facial expressions for the same mood because I don't think every person would do the same thing just because i'm pretending to be them. It's easier for me when I get a bit of a break to relax."

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JANE ROSS

"Everyone's been trying to tease me for having to kiss Dan all the time. It's not going to work, though." She says, walking away from the camera and taking a sip of her water bottle. She's wearing a white tee, dark colored jacket, jeans, a small lock necklace, and her favorite: converse.

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"Red carpets are the worst! And just getting pictures taken by large groups of photographers all at once is very upsetting. There are grown men with cameras all shouting different directions at me, and it's like: 'look this way! no look over here! no up! down! pose! No no no, smile! Look serious! you're doing great!' What???" she says bewilderedly, making the interviewer laugh. "And all you can see is a million white dots in front of your eyes from the camera flashes, so you have no idea what's going on. And they're all nice people, and try to reassure me-- but when all these adults are shouting directions at me and I can't possibly listen to them all at once, i'm totally intimidated by it and i feel like i'm doing it all wrong. It totally crushes your confidence of knowing what you are doing if you are sixteen or seventeen years old, especially when the bar for celebrity beauty is already set so high. You learn very quickly that adults aren't always the instructors or chiefs of your life, and lots of grown photographers-- and I directly mean men, are not so nice when you are just trying to get to one place from another, and you have to have a security guard because they are pushing and shoving all around you. It's really terrifying."

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"Did it feel good to break the nose of someone who committed an action so degrading to feminism?"

"Definitely not. . . I didn't mean to break his nose. Sure, yeah, it's all fun and games if your brother picks you up, or a close friend who is messing around with you, but that was not okay. Okay--- lets start from the beginning. I'll explain why. I was walking out of a building in a tight, short dress-- important not that I was very aware of that. I had seen about two weeks earlier two papps who started tackling each other. I knew how aggressive things could get-- anyways, so I had two security guards, but obviously they suck because they didn't prevent anything--- sorry-- sidetracked-- right, so, I was in heels, trying to walk as quickly as possible into the cab. I was stressed out as you can imagine, or at least try to if you are one of the people who don't believe me. There were photographers yelling at me to look up, imploring me for a picture, people were screaming, i got bumped from side to side, and suddenly someone much larger than me picks me up from behind and what do I do? I do EXACTLY what I would expect myself to do; my instincts kicked in, I yelled for them to let me go and they were a second too late, I swung my elbow back into his face, and he dropped me, but he wouldn't let go of my jacket so I kneed him. It all happened so fast, and as soon as he let go I fell back and was immediately relieved that he was gone, but everyone gasped and it became very noisy in the area, and soon guilt swept over me. Mostly I was shaken, and don't get me wrong -- I was not that guilty. And I don't regret what I did. And people act like it was a 'decision' or 'choice' I made-- no, there wasn't enough time to decide on anything. It just happened. And I was still shaken, and I couldn't get it out of my head, it's only been a few days and it's still hard to go outside alone, so I just don't. From now on as long as I have this career, I will be much more involved in feminism. And to think that some people say I assaulted him. That's complete rubbish. Whoever says that has no idea what my life is like, because it's quite being female and famous."

"Who [of any importance] was there?"

"Oh my god, my director was there, Emma was there, I don't know who else was there... hmm... Daniel, I think, maybe. I don't remember much, honestly, it all happened so fast. And I was totally mortified, I was crying in front of huge crowds and everyone was staring at me, and I hate it when people stare when I cry. It was just the adrenaline from the situation that had me completely melt down. I was alright though, just shaken, and I thought I had ruined myself by hitting him because I thought that people would think i'm the bad guy. It wasn't my intention for vengeance. And Emma-- she really, she really stuck up for me, which I have to thank her for. She's really a total feminist as well. My director, as well, was very generous. There were a lot of people I'll have to thank for that moment. It was really the extremity of the moment, and a really bad evening. 5 days later, I'm almost over it. It was a bad instance, and everyone around me is going to have a harder time forgetting it than I will."

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