Sometimes it's even as banal asking myself whether it's even worth doing. It's whether or not the job itself is of interest, whether it's going to capture my imagination.
ALFRED MOLINA MOVIES TV
Whether it's a film or TV or theater job is almost irrelevant. It's always been a job comes up and I say yes or I say no. I've never been in that position, never had the luxury of knowing what I'm going to do for the next couple of years. That's always been a part of my working life, you know? I've never really made any big choices of whether I'm going to do theater for the next two years and then I'm going to do a film. I think what I've always enjoyed is the ability to, or the opportunity I should say, to go backwards and forwards from the theater to movies and back again. CRAZY NIGHTS Alfred Molina played crazed drug dealer Rahad Jackson, in the 1997 film Boogie Nights.ĪM: I'm not in a constant state of missing it, if that's what you mean.It became this little niche I found myself in, but I was quite happy to exploit it because it meant I was working. I enjoyed being able to utilize different accents. I think it was something I fell into, and also I enjoyed it. I was playing Eastern European thugs at drama school, let alone professionally. I was a character actor from the start really. I was never going to play Romeo or any of the romantic leads. I suppose to a certain extent that was a result of the way I look and my build, my coloring, and so on. It just so happens that those kind of parts came along. My only criteria has been just to stay employed, keep working, and pay the bills. Is that something you've cultivated or is it a matter of your looks and abilities with accents? How did you come to be this shape-shifting character actor?ĪM: I think it's more of the latter than the former, because I didn't have any hard and fast plans, I've never strategized in terms of work. I believe your mother was Italian and your father Spanish, and you're a Londoner, but you frequently play a wide variety of ethnicities with various accents. NT: From your first role as Satipo in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) to Ali Massoud Sadiq in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016), you've played exotic foreigners. With the short films, you get a chance to work with young directors and people who are just making their way in the industry, and it's a nice way to-I'm trying to say this without sounding too self-aggrandizing, but there's a very famous quote from Jack Lemon, who said, "If you're lucky enough to get to the top floor, it's your obligation to send the elevator back down."
ALFRED MOLINA MOVIES PROFESSIONAL
'THROW ME THE IDOL' In his first film role, Alfred Molina stars as Satipo, guide to Indiana Jones, in the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark.Īlfred Molina: Yeah, I've been very fortunate in the sense that I've been working a long time-I've been a professional actor for more than 40 years-and now I've reached the point where I can be a tad more fussy about what I do, so if something comes along that's just interesting, doesn't have to be a big thing or a major event, it could just be something that kind of grabs my interest, I can go and do it.
You seem like an actor who likes to work. I also noticed you've done some recent short films.
New Times: I loved Vice and was so surprised to see you in the cameo as the waiter in a scene I thought was really important to the film. Molina, who's been busy filming two new movies-the horror-thriller Relive by director Jacob Estes starring David Oyelowo, and the drama The Devil Has a Name directed by Edward James Olmos with Martin Sheen and David Strathairn-as well as executive producing Saint Judy starring Michelle Monaghan and Common, which opened in limited release on March 1. After the award presentation, Turner Classic Movies' Ben Mankiewicz will speak to Molina about his career, followed by a screening of Chocolat. Molina is this year's King Vidor Award winner for the 25th annual San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, and he'll be accepting his prize during a special event on Saturday, March 16, in the Fremont Theater (7 p.m. Otto Octavius in the 2004 blockbuster, Spider-Man 2. DOC OCK Veteran character actor Alfred Molina, this year's King Vidor Award winner at the SLOIFF, stars as Dr.
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