Valentine's Day Press Conference
What did you think about the way LA was used as a character in the film?Jennifer Garner: "What’s great about the way Garry uses LA in the film is that it’s just a city. It’s not 'celebrity central'. It’s not about Hollywood. It’s a city, and you never see it that way. You always see it as the backdrop for some other world and glitz and glamour. This reminds you that this is just a city full of people going through the same kinds of little triumphs and tragedies in their love lives as anyone anywhere else in the world."
Ashton Kutcher: "A friend of mine once told me that Los Angeles is a city filled with the second best looking person from every town across the America. The best looking person stays home because they have it good there."
Topher Grace: "By the way, wouldn’t you like to meet the guy in Iowa who is better looking than Ashton?"
Ashton Kutcher: "Casey Prince."
This is for Julia, Hector and Garry. How does it feel to be reunited after Pretty Woman all of these years later?
Julia Roberts: "Well we have a lot of Pretty Woman people. That sounds funny. That sounds grammatically incorrect. Our D.P., Chuck Minsky, shot Pretty Woman, and our prop department. We laughed about a lot of things, particularly how old we’ve all gotten in 20 years. 20 years older, in fact, in 20 years."
"Every 10 years we do this. We did Pretty Woman and then 10 years later we did Runaway Bride, and then 10 years later Valentine’s Day. So I will see all of you back here when I’m 51."
Garry Marshall: "I can’t wait to see how beautiful you’ll be."
I wanted to ask you about translating for Garry. Shirley said earlier his direction needs a little translation. Can you give an example of how you’d translate?
Julia Roberts: "If Garry were to say to you as an actor, 'Do the thing with the thing and then go over there and be funny. Action!' That would mean, 'Sit up straight, smile, look to your co-star, say your lines and be very funny. Action.'"
Garry, you’re known for creating a family-like environment on set. Do you still have that environment with such a large cast?
Garry Marshall: "Well I’ve also had a lot of relatives who were involved. Part of my thing is when you work with these stars, you have to make them comfortable. You surround them with people you like. Bradley Cooper sat on that plane and seated next to them was my grandchild who won’t say a word. She won’t run up to him and say, 'Give me an autograph.' My assistant and her husband sat behind them and didn’t say a word. And with Ashton, my daughter was the other clerk with him so he’s comfortable."
Why does this one day matter when you put so much work into the relationship the rest of the year?
Jamie Foxx: "You’ve got to remember all of these dates and put it in your cell phone if you have to - the birthdays and anniversaries and all of that. Women have fake anniversaries, like, 'This is the first anniversary we went to Boa.' 'What?' 'This is our first anniversary for Boa. You don’t remember that?' 'We go to Boa all the time.' So get all those dates down. The most important thing is to four or five days before that day comes, get something for her so you’re prepared. Then you can go without doing something the rest of the year. See, you’re thinking wrong. The rest of the year you can f--k around."
Ashton Kutcher: "Okay, for the movie we’re doing a thing online. People are posting their best Valentine’s Day gifts and their worst Valentine’s Day gifts. They’re going to tag it V-Day Gifts. They’re going to compile them into the 100 best Valentine’s Day gifts and the 100 worst Valentine’s Day gifts. You’re going to go to the best list and you’re going to pick something off of that."
