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A friend of mine, who I love very much, got Aids and it really got me in a very intense way how tough life was for people with Aids.
Acting is by far and away the toughest job, in terms of film-making and maybe even the arts. How they do it I don't know, but they have to be allowed to get their satisfaction.
And he said, 'Don't take this the wrong way, I'm glad you're making the movie, but I'll probably never see it.'
And it went to great pains to enumerate why it was much better than what Wa... (more Jonathan Demme quotes)
Awarded honorary degree by Wesleyan University (June 3, 1990).
He co-directed Bruce Springsteen's "Streets Of Philadelphia" music video.
Uncle of Ted Demme.
Has 3 children, with wife Joanne Howard.
Directed Bruce Springsteen's "Murder Incorporated" music video (1995)... (more Jonathan Demme trivia)