Lobbying is about foresight. About anticipating your opponent’s moves and devising countermeasures. The winner plots one step ahead of the opposition, and plays her trump card just after they play theirs. It’s about making sure you surprise them, and they don’t surprise you.
Miss Sloane (2016) dir. John Madden
To a female superhero her sexiness is not the most important thing about her, it’s her mind, her spirit, and when I look at that character that to me is an example of characters that I like to play and I think it does a great thing for women.
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67th Cannes Film Festival (May 21, 2014)
I noticed that you’re working with a lot of female directors, which is a great thing, like Niki Caro, Kathryn Bigelow, Ami Canaan Mann, Liv Ullmann, Susanna White… I mean that’s really encouraging for what’s happening in the industry.
Miss Sloane is about a brilliant but ruthless lobbyist is notorious for her unparalleled talent and her desire to win at all costs, even when it puts her own career at risk. The curtain is pulled back on how Capitol Hill games are played – and won – as Sloane faces off against the most influential powers in D.C.
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