00:01She certainly is a remarkable woman, an absolute genius.
00:07Her opinions went spot on.
00:08Marion Doherty was pioneered a new path in this area.
00:11Deeply committed, risk-taking.
00:13She is a cornerstone in the film industry.
00:15She was considered sort of the dean of casting directors.
00:18Kind of a special character in her own way.
00:21She owned that position of casting she was in.
00:24Hollywood had no idea what casting was all about.
00:28Marion Doherty raised the stock of casting directors in the film business.
00:32She had a very clear idea about things.
00:34She could see where people couldn't see.
00:36I began to notice Marion Doherty.
00:38She introduced so many New York actors to film.
00:42All of these great talents.
00:44Everything was shifting in American culture.
00:47People wanted something different.
00:51Robert Duvall was not handsome, but he was attractive.
00:56Dusty and I had a place.
00:57He had the bottom floor.
00:58I had the top floor.
00:59I told Marion about him.
01:01I said, this guy's got talent.
01:02He's gonna be something.
01:03I warned you about that.
01:05It's staggering to look down that resume and just go film after film after film
01:10that are seminal pieces of American culture.
01:14I will always be indebted to her for a chance to break into another kind of role.
01:18You're humbled by someone who sees something in you before you even see it in yourself.
01:23Marion Doherty is the reason why I was cast in my first movie.
01:26The fact that I did not get a casting credit is probably the worst thing that's happened to me in
01:33my career.
01:35Casting has been severely neglected over the years and tends to be shuffled aside.
01:41The director's guild said you cannot be called casting director because you're not a director.
01:48The reality is you're not a director.
01:50You're a casting person.
01:52You're casting by.
01:55You cannot separate the work of somebody like Marion Doherty from what the final outcome of the film is.
02:01It's just impossible.
02:02You're a casting director.
02:02It's impossible.
02:02It's viable.
02:05It's impossible.
02:06Our audience will be able to do the work of somebody.
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