sundance

A Bunch of Sundance Stars Take Our Warhol Questionnaire

Teyana Taylor. Actor, A Thousand and One. 

After two years of virtual screening rooms, Sundance as we knew it finally came back to life, transforming Park City, Utah, into a chilly Hollywood outpost where stars and stars-to-be showed up to plug the projects they hope will become the next Coda. In between the screenings, parties, and gifting lounges, they stopped by Wasatch Brew Pub on Main St. where our photographer Myles Pettengill was waiting for them with his camera and a bunch of questions taken from the writings of Andy Warhol.

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PHOEBE DYNEVOR

ACTOR, FAIR PLAY

Do you dream? Lots. I had crazy dreams at Sundance. It must have been the altitude.

Showers or baths? Baths.

Is there anything you regret not doing? My motto is say yes. So no, there isn’t much I regret not doing.

When do you get nervous? Whenever I have to do public speaking.

What are you most proud of? I’m very proud of a film I did called Fair Play.

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CLEOPATRA COLEMAN

ACTOR, INFINITY POOL

What was your first job? A children’s sci-fi series in Australia.

What did you have for breakfast? Scrambled eggs, sourdough toast, jam, and coffee.

What are you reading? Scripts.

Do you get depressed if you don’t work? Sometimes. 

Do you have a dream role? Yes, I’m writing it!

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JONATHAN MAJORS

ACTOR, MAGAZINE DREAMS

Showers or baths? Showers.

What was your first job? Cuttin’ lawn.

When do you get nervous? That moment in the dark right before the film starts or the play begins.

What can’t it be magic all the time? Because we keep messing it up as humans.

What’s your dream date? Hiking in Bali.

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DAISY RIDLEY

ACTOR/PRODUCER, SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING

Do you dream?  Yes

Showers or baths? Showers. It’s a cost of living crisis

What did you have for breakfast? I actually haven’t had time, so I’ve had a coffee.

Where do you dance? Everywhere.

What are your beauty secrets? A healthy gut.

What are you most proud of? I’m quite proud of the fact that I’m about to star in a movie in England and we’re quite limited on money but many people want to come on because they’ve had good working experiences with me.

Do you have a dream role? A musical.

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TAYLOUR PAIGE

ACTOR, MAGAZINE DREAMS

What are your beauty secrets? A gallon of water a day.

Do you have a TV? Yes of course.

What did you have for breakfast? Lately I’ve been doing hard boiled eggs.

Are you a good cook? Yeah, but my husband’s better.

Is there anything you regret not doing? Not being kinder to myself sooner.

Do you dream? Yes I do. This is a dream right now.

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JORDAN FIRSTMAN

ACTOR, ROTTING IN THE SUN

Is there anything you regret not doing? Um like there was probably like a dick I didn’t suck at some point that was big I should have.

Why can’t it be magic all the time?  Because that’s stupid.

What did you have for breakfast? I don’t eat.

Where do you dance? At the rave, honey!

What do you think about love? It’s real for sure, but you can’t be in love and you can’t be out of love, you can only give love or not give love and I learned that from mama ayahuasca.

How many hotels have you been kicked out of? I’m gonna go ahead and say zero. How many should I have been kicked out of? 200 at least.

What’s your dream role? I want to adapt Jean Genet and just putting this out there, I want to play Dov Charney. 

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GRETA LEE

ACTOR, PAST LIVES

 

Is there anything you regret not doing? I don’t wanna talk about it.

When do you get nervous? When I have to tell my 6YO it’s time to turn off the iPad.

Why can’t it just be magic all the time? I don’t really like magic. Or magicians. I’m sorry.

What do you think about love? I believe in it. I like it. I’m into it.

What are your beauty secrets? Don’t be an asshole and drink water!

What are you most proud of? My life with my family.

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BRITTANY O’GRADY

ACTOR, SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING

Do you dream? I’m a BIG daydreamer. Is there anything you regret not doing? Not singing more. 

What was your first job? National food stamp poster child. 

What did vou have for breakfast? Oatmeal. 

Who’s your dream date? My hubby. 

What are your beauty secrets? Minding my business.

Do you have a dream role? A role in a musical. Either Grace Farrall in Annie or Truly Scrumptious from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

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DASHA NEKRASOVA

ACTOR, BAD BEHAVIOR

What was your first job? I was a courtesy clerk at Vons

When do you get nervous? When I’m alone.

What are you reading? The Master and Margarita.

What’s your dream date? Lately I’ve been on a no-date thing. I’m trying to shift the paradigm. 

What do you love about New York City? That it’s hard to live there for everyone, even rich people have to have a job.

Have you ever been kicked out of a hotel? I’ve had some close calls, but no.

Do you get depressed if you don’t work? Yeah.

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HALEY BENNETT

ACTOR, MAGAZINE DREAMS

What are your beauty secrets? Fresh country air.

Do you have a dream ream role? Magazine Dreams.

Are you a good cook? I’m a great cook, yeah, and I’m kind of a farmer.

Showers or baths? Long, luxurious, baths.

What do you think of love? It will save us all.

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EUGENIO DERBEZ

ACTOR, RADICAL

Do you dream? I dream more awake than when I’m sleeping.

When do you get nervous? Every time someone is interviewing me. I hate interviews and panels and all that.

What was your first job?  Cleaning windshields in Mexico City.

Why can’t it be magic all the time? I’m known in my family for being the creator of magical moments, so magic can happen but only if you make it happen. Make magic happen and you can have magic all the time. 

What’s your dream role? I would like to be a villain in a Marvel movie with Michael Bay directing.

Where do you dance? I just danced after that standing ovation today. 

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DEBBY RYAN

ACTOR, SHORTCOMINGS

 

What was your first job? Babysitting. Actually, I’d buy bulk candy and sell it at an up-charge, but that’s more of a first hustle.

When do you get nervous? When I feel like I’m supposed to be someone that I’m not.

What did you have for breakfast? Half of a Hu Kitchen chocolate bar and a coffee.

Where do you dance? In the back of a hair salon.

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EVE HEWSON

ACTOR, FLORA AND SON

Do you dream? All the time and it’s usually nightmares. 

What was your first job? I was in a pop group and we performed pop covers at parties for 7 year olds.

When do you get nervous? I’m pretty much always in a state of panic. 

What did you have for breakfast? A cup of Barry’s tea and a banana. 

What are you reading right now? Hello Molly by Molly Shannon. 

What do you think about love? I miss it. 

Do you get depressed if you don’t work? Is the sky blue? 

What are your beauty secrets? Everything. I lather everything I can find on my face all day long and I just started using the LYMA laser which people could confuse for a high tech vibrator if you leave it in the wrong place. 

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LAYLA MOHAMMADI

ACTOR, THE PERSIAN VERSION

What did you have for breakfast? Not gonna lie, I never eat breakfast. 

What are you reading right now? A script for an audition I just got.

What are your beauty secrets? Skincare above all, never go to sleep with your makeup on.

Do you have a TV? Haha no, I watch everything on my laptop.

Do you keep a diary? It’s more my voice note app that I ramble into.

What are you most proud of? That my first film got into Sundance!

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THOMASIN MCKENZIE

ACTOR, EILEEN

Do you dream? Pretty much every night. It means I often wake up pretty tired, but I love reflecting on what my dreams might be telling me. 

What was your first job? About 22 years ago my mum directed a production of Into the Woods at Toi Whakaari drama school in Wellington, NZ. She didn’t think the actors were connecting with the prop baby so she passed me, a newborn baby, into the actors’ arms. My first ever “job” was being used as an acting tool! 

What are you reading right now? I’m currently reading Death in Her Hands by Otessa Moshfegh, who also wrote my film Eileen that recently premiered at Sundance. You could say I’m a big fan. 

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JUSTIN MIN

ACTOR, SHORTCOMINGS

Do you dream? I only have nightmares.

Where do you dance? In my nightmares.

What are you reading right now? Our Missing Hearts, Celeste Ng.

What can’t it just be magic all the time?  Hedonic adaptation.

Do you have a TV? Yes, but I watch almost everything on my laptop. It takes too much effort to find the remote.

What did you have for breakfast? Two hard boiled eggs, some smoked salmon with lemon and capers, a piece of toast, Throat Coat tea.

When do you get nervous? When I haven’t pooped in 8 hours.

Do you keep a diary? I’ve journaled almost every day for the last nine years.

Are you a good cook? I’m a mediocre assembler of sandwiches and salads.

Is there anything you regret not doing? I wish I had taken a gap year before starting university. It probably would’ve saved me from a lot of student debt.

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JANE LEVY

ACTOR, A LITTLE PRAYER

Do you dream? I had a nightmare recently that a giant cartoon cat was stomping through my neighborhood. I woke up so scared. What does it mean???

What are you reading right now? An advance copy of Terry McDonell’s Irma.

Where do you dance? I go to Zumba class in L.A. I recently brought my friend Daniella Pineda and I warned her that she might not be my friend after she saw how hard I dance. Daniella: if you’re reading this, call me?

Do you have a TV? I bought a new one on Black Friday. It hurts my eyes.

What do you love about New York City? The MET.

How many hotels have you been kicked out of? The only establishment I’ve ever been kicked out of is an Applebee’s in Killeen, Texas. I was with Jeremy Sisto. 

Do you get depressed if you don’t work? Unfortunately, yes.

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DAVID JONSSON

ACTOR, RYE LANE

When do you get nervous?

When I care about something,

Why can’t it just be magic all the time?

Because it’s better that way.

What are you reading right now?

Outliers by Malcom Gladwell.

Who’s your dream date?

Keke Palmer.

What are your beauty secrets?

Coconut oil.

Do you have a dream role?

Miles Davis. Miles Morales.

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ELIZA SCANLEN

ACTOR, THE STARLING GIRL

Is there anything you regret not doing? I don’t have any regrets yet but I would regret not finishing my degree.

Why can’t it be magic all the time? Because there can’t be magic without difficult, troubling, dark, times. 

What did you eat for breakfast? Cheese and chia pudding.

What are you reading? Love In the Time of Cholera. 

Where do you dance? At my friend’s parties

Who is your dream date? Stanley Tucci.

Do you get depressed if you don’t work? Very. I get itchy feet

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MEAGAN GOOD

ACTOR, HARLEM

 

Showers or baths? I always take showers because they’re the quickest, but I love a wonderful bath in Epson salt with a candle and a glass of champagne.

 When do you get nervous? When I feel specifically that people have an expectation of me. I hate to disappoint people, but I also like to live in freedom. 

What did you have for breakfast? Eggs, and wheat toast with butter and jelly. And a glass of orange juice.

What are you reading right now? I’m always reading the Bible and scripts. And also a daily affirmation book by Joyce Meyer’s that’s called Trusting God Day by Day.

What are your beauty secrets? Morpheus 8 is one of my favorite beauty secrets because it tightens your skin. I also love the skin care products from Charette cosmetics.

How many hotels have you been kicked out of? Zero, and I’m trying not to get kicked out of this one for sneaking in my little Sphinx Kitten!!!!

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OWEN THIELE

ACTOR, THEATER CAMP 

Is there anything you regret not doing? Yesterday I went to a club with my friends. I regret not canceling.

When do you get nervous? Every time I have a slight tickle in my throat, I think it’s my last day on earth. 

Why can’t it just be magic all the time? It can, babe! Ever been to Disneyland?

What are you reading right now? Mostly a text conversation between me and my ex.

What do you love about New York City? That a cab driver doesn’t know it’s a booty call.

Do you have a dream role? A housewife of any kind. Stepford or Desperate or even Real.

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NIDA MANZOOR

DIRECTOR, POLITE SOCIETY

 

Do you dream? I have terrifying dreams, anxiety dreams mostly, but sometimes fun, lucid dreams too, like flying.

What was your first job? Working as a jewelry runner in Hatton Garden in London. 

When do you get nervous? Before my film is screened before an audience.

What is your dream date? Oh god, Sylvia Plath. 

What do you think about love? I think it’s epic.

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NOAH GALVIN

ACTOR, THEATER CAMP

Sundance

Do you dream? No because I smoke weed right before bed and if you smoke weed you don’t go into a REM cycle and if you don’t go into a REM cycle you don’t dream. 

Is there anything you regret not doing? Yeah, there was a party 7 years ago at Sundance and my brother invited me to it and I didn’t go and then he met somebody very cool to me at the time, probably like a Six Feet Under cast member or something..

What was your first job? National tour of Le Miserables when I was ten years old.

What can’t it be magic all the time? Because some people are monsters.

What are you reading? Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.

What do you love about New York City? The subway. It’s the great equalizer. Everybody is forced to participate in humanity in a way that they are not anywhere else.

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RITU ARYA

ACTOR, POLITE SOCIETY

Sundance

What was your first job? Working for a shop called East that sold Boho women clothes.

What are your beauty secrets? A good make-up artist!

What did you have for breakfast? A fried egg on toast that Priya made me. 

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KYLIE ROGERS

ACTOR, LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND

Sundance

 

Showers or baths? Showers for sure, I’m too impatient for baths. 

What was your first job? A commercial for Academy Sports and Outdoors! 

 When do you get nervous? The real question is when am I not nervous?

What are you reading right now? A manga called Berserk. 

What are you most proud of?  I think I’m most proud of learning how to accept myself and how to not be afraid of what others think of me. It’s still a learning process but I’ve come a long way.

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PRIYA KANSARA

ACTOR, POLITE SOCIETY

Sundance

Do you keep a diary? I journal and I keep a very systematic diary as well. 

What are you most proud of? Making the decision to pick this career when I could have settled for something else. 

How many hotels have you been kicked out of? None but I kind of want to. 

Are you a good cook? I’m okay. Apparently I made really good eggs this morning.

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AV ROCKWELL

DIRECTOR, A THOUSAND AND ONE

Sundance

 

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TIMOTHY SIMONS

ACTOR, SHORTCOMINGS

 

Showers or baths? Showers. I’m an unbearably tall person so baths aren’t comfortable.

When do you get nervous? At parties where disparate people of my life will all be together.

What did you have for breakfast? Oatmeal and blueberries everyday for the last seven years.

What are you reading right now? Very much threatening to read the new Cormac McCarthy book. In a fit of hubris I brought it to Sundance as if there were going to be downtime.

Do you have a TV? Yeah man it’s my job.

Do you get depressed if you don’t work? Immensely. Trying to unpack that in therapy but it’s not working.