My life as a movie

Saturday 8

After you write a best-selling novel about your life, you've just sold the movie rights! Congratulations! You have complete control over casting, so tell us which celebrity (or well-known person) will play the following roles in your life's movie... and WHY you choose them to represent the characters in your life. Remember, they don't have to be actors, just well-known.

1. you?

Joan Cusack, or Catherine O'Hara

2. your love interest?

Lyle Alzado, or Randy Gradishar--in their prime; or Brett Favre

3. your best friend(s)?

Meg Ryan, Rita Wilson, Rosie O'Donnell, Anne LaMott, Grace Jones, Katherine Hepburn (in her prime)

4. your nemesis?

Janice Dickinson

5. your immediate family (including grandparents/in-laws)?

Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward (parents); Don Cheadle (brother); a young Lynn Redgrave, Diane Lane, Martha Stewart (sisters); Betty White, Jackie Gleason (parents-in-law); Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Wopat, Hugh Laurie, Jason Lee--as Earl (brother-in-laws); Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Claire Danes, Tori Amos (nieces); Freddie Prinze Jr., a young Marlon Brando, Fred Savage, Chris Martin (nephews) Sparky (Sparky--that was his answer when I asked him)

6. your boss/supervisor?

Dame Judy Dench

7. your mentor (or teacher)?

Letty Pogrebin

8. neighbour(s)?

Paul Rodriguez (father and son), Sarah Jessica Parker, Geoffrey Rush, Russell Crowe, Winona Ryder, Tom Hanks, Mandy Patinkin, Meryl Streep, Olympia Dukakis...