Birds are depicted in a pen-and ink drawing made in the 1800s by V.H. Furnier, an artist and penmanship teacher in Indiana, Pennsylvania. It includes the words “Home Sweet Home,” and above it an avian pair, one of them carrying a sprig with the words “Spare the Birds.”
“When I brought up the accent to Wes, I said, ‘How should we go about this accent?’” Cera say. “He was kind of caught of guard. I think he hears the movie in his head and maybe hadn’t figured that in. It was something Wes had to compute.”As Anderson describes it, Cera was determined. “I, at a certain point, was a little reluctant, like, I don’t know if we need it,” says Anderson. “He was like: ‘No, let me show you what I’m going to do.’”
A determination in absurdism has long marked Cera’s best performances. Though a private person who has resisted all urges to get a smartphone, Cera is remarkably fearless when it comes to the most awkward moments. It’s a seriousness of purpose that, whether singing “These Eyes” in “Superbad” or waving hello as Allen inthat’s made Cera a favorite of successive generations. Even in a billion-dollar blockbuster, Cera can be unassumingly hilarious.“I feel like most people don’t know I’m in that movie. I mean, not a in a bad way. It was great for my personal disposition to get to be part of it,” Cera says. “I can say I’m in it, but I can walk around. I’m nowhere near the center of the movie. I’m not on the poster, put it that way. (Laughs) My nephew went and saw the movie with my sister. Afterwards he was like, ‘I thought Uncle Michael was going to be in this movie.’ It was a nice lane for me.”
Anderson, Cera, Mia Threapleton and Benicio del Toro. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)Anderson, Cera, Mia Threapleton and Benicio del Toro. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
Just before the premiere of “The Phoenician Scheme” in Cannes, it was announced that Cera, after writing a handful of scripts including an adaptation of Charles Portis’ “Masters of Atlantis,” will make his directorial debut with “Love Is Not the Answer,” a film he wrote that has a cast including Pamela Anderson and Steve Coogan.
“You have a little more control over your destiny if you try to create something, even though it’s hard to get it off the ground,” Cera says. “But it’s better than sitting around. You’re like a hired contractor as an actor, and it’s a great thing about it. But I think a lot of actors end up becoming frustrated directors because of how many opinions you have about the proceedings.”for weekly gardening tips and advice.
For more AP gardening stories, go toNEW YORK (AP) — What does “home” mean? Different things to all of us, of course.
A place of love, for some. One fraught with trouble, for others. An elusive concept for too many.“Home isn’t always a place of comfort. Nor is it always a location, or a place. Home can be a state of mind,” says Brooke Wyatt, curator of a show at the