While she certainly challenged gender inequality, presenter Nicole Kidman spoke of her more broadly.
Shes not a trailblazer for women, shes a trailblazer for all of us.
Richard Gere soon followed, and was thankful to Coates for her work onUnfaithful.
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She understood the characters, she understood the mysterious emotions that human beings have, he said.
When accepting, Coates was gracious and funny.
Jeff Bridges spoke too, and relayed the importance of the master caster to the Bridges family.
There you have it, the secret.
As for the state of things, Casting is alive and well in the new millennium.
As was Don Cheadle, who applauded Wisemans powerful, compelling, and empathetic works.
In these times, there is nothing more important than empathy, he said.
