I don't get over the wonder of it, and 'The Last Samurai' was an extreme example of that. Every day when I went to the set, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
I don't want to do an action movie, because I've acted in them, and they're so boring to do, because they're so technical. The headache of that is daunting. But, if it were an action movie with really interesting characters, how great would that be?
I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit.
I view the whole thing as a collaboration. As an actor, I always found that to be the most freeing thing, when the director would collaborate with you, so that together you'd come up with something exponentially better.
I want to keep doing different things. I'd like to do a more personal, dramatic movie next, I think. But as long as it's about characters and good writing and good parts for actors, that's what's important.
I've done a lot of movies other than Ghost. It's amazing. I get sick of it. I mean, I'm grateful for it. But I think it's one of those movies that struck a chord in the consciousness of people and they watch it over and over again. It's weird - I haven't seen the movie in 10 years!
If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level.
My parents kept us sheltered from this world of Hollywood. I don't have any great memories of bouncing on Cary Grant's knee or something like that.
The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen.
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it is written on.
I got skewered through the chest after uttering about three words". Tony Goldwyn -- referring to his inauspicious film debut in _Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)_
Daughters named Anna Goldwyn and Tess Frances.
In the HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini), he played astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon. Later, he had the chance to direct Armstrong in a film called A Walk on the Moon (1999), in which Armstrong was a narrator.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1990" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 42. [1990]
Attended Brandeis University, Massachusetts
Attended Hamilton College, New York
Son of actress Jennifer Howard and producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr.. Grandson of actress Clare Eames and playwright Sidney Howard on his mother's side; grandson of actress Frances Howard and producer Samuel Goldwyn on his father's side.
Brother-in-law of actress Colleen Camp.
Brother of Paramount Studios president John Goldwyn.
Grandson of actress Clare Eames and playwright Sidney Howard on his mother's side.
He won an Obie Award in 1991 for his performance in The Sum of Us
His grandfathers, Samuel Goldwyn and Sidney Howard, were frequent collaborators for many years. They worked on a total of eight films together: Bulldog Drummond (1929), Raffles (1930), One Heavenly Night (1931), Arrowsmith (1931), The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932), Dodsworth (1936) and Raffles (1930).
Uncle of Emily Goldwyn.
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