Holly Hunter talks Catherine Hardwicke and Jane Campion

Actress Holly Hunter recently opened up about working with horror directors Jane Campion (In The Cut) and Catherine Hardwicke (the upcoming Twilight) to Variety.

On The Piano (1993) - "Jane Campion remains one of the most formative people in my life. I really pursued that movie, felt that I was right for it (even when) no one else did. But Jane was enough of a true independent individual to keep an open mind regarding me. A lot of people would have said, 'She's just not right, I don't need to see her.' And Jane said, 'If she really feels this strongly, I'll be glad to see her.' She gave me the chance to change her mind."

On Thirteen (2003) - "I look back on it with nothing but great enthusiasm and love because of the voice that (writer) Nikki Reed and (writer-director) Catherine Hardwicke found together. They both wrote in this journal -- that was incredibly magical of Catherine to suggest she and Nikki do that. Nikki was an avid journal keeper well before then, so she already had the writing habit, and Catherine had the gift to see that it could be something they could do together."