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Michelle Pfeiffer expresses concern over Hollywood no longer being industry town
Published on Apr 27, 2025
By IANS
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- LOS ANGELES — Hollywood actress Michelle Pfeiffer is busy shooting for 'Margo’s Got Money Problems in Los Angeles, California. It is a streaming adaptation of the bestselling novel co-starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning.
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- In the last 20 years or so, Pfeiffer says of the 23 projects she’s worked on, only three have shot in the city, reports 'Variety'.
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- “That’s crazy", the three-time Oscar nominated said following her hand and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
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- As per 'Variety', like so many people in television and movies, Pfeiffer worries Los Angeles is on the verge of no longer being an industry town.
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- “I don’t know a lot about the politics of it all, but I know you need to bring back tax incentives”, the actress said. “People look at the bottom line for productions — where are we going to get the most for our dollars because you want all that money to go on screen, and if you’re saving $4 million by going somewhere else, or even a million, that’s huge".
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- She added, “I know it’s probably more complicated than it appears, but the jobs are not gone. They’ve just moved. We gotta bring them back”.
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- Pfeiffer also recalled her first acting job, a Ford truck commercial. She was given the day off by her boss at a Von’s in Orange County, she was a cashier, to shoot the spot in Malibu.
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- “You know, when I started out, all I initially thought was, ‘Can I make a living? And if I could make a living doing this, that would be fantastic’”, she says. “That would have been good enough for me”.
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- Fast forward about 45 years to today. Pfeiffer admits she had a case of the jitters before speaking at the ceremony.
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- “I was just so nervous”, says Pfeiffer, who stars in Taylor Sheridan’s upcoming series 'Madison'.
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- “I get really nervous about public speaking", she added.
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- During her remarks, Pfeiffer said she fell in love with acting while taking a theater class when she was a junior in high school.
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- “I caught the bug”, she said in her speech.
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