A Walk In The Clouds

"I didn't think of it as a romantic lead. But I was attracted to the project because of its romanticism."

-Unknown Atlanta newspaper, August 95

"What I like about this movie is that it makes you enter a dream world. It's about a guy who would open the door for you. You might say, 'big deal,' but it is. He wants to keep giving and giving."

-Unknown Atlanta newspaper, August 95

"That was probably one of the more enjoyable aspects of the role, the preparation of Paul in myself - how he was when he came off that boat. I really had a great time doing imaginative work, creating the events that happened to him in Japan, that sensitised him to life and the preciousness of life. It was great fun to play a person who felt like that. It was great to come back as someone who just cared and just wanted to give. It was one of the best elements of the film, that and how he cared about Victoria. It was just beyond his personality, it's just human. It was cool that I got to play that."

-Attitude, September 1995

(talking about the grapes) "After the first couple of stomps, it became quite fun - you just want to squash them. And you really don't want to get it in your eyes because it stings! They had to wash our feet with special soap and stuff. We were all getting stained and turning this weird red colour."

-Attitude, September 1995

"I met Mr Arau while filming Speed and I did enjoy the script very much, in terms of the relationships and the character ."

-Burst! Films, August 1995

"It's formal and stylised, but I liked that. I like the time it takes for some of the intimacy, the time it takes for them to kiss. It's different from the usual Hollywood fare."

-Empire, December 1995

"I play Paul Sutton, a young G.I. who meets the beautiful daughter of a vineyard owner and agrees to pose as her husband to help her face her domineering father. It gets a bit complicated and of course we end up falling madly in love."

-For Women #11, June 95

"My character really appealed to me too. Paul's a simple man, straight ahead, fairly good natured, kind. He's an orphan and he's coming back from the Second World War, fighting in the Pacific, and his experiences. I think I have created in him a sense of sensitivity to emotions and people -- he just wants to have a family and a wife."

-For Women #11, June 95

"I was actually doing Speed when the script for A Walk In The Clouds came through, and I immediately thought, 'This is great,' because I wanted to do a romance, a project that concerned itself with the heart and the nature of passion and sensuality."

-For Women #11, June 95

"When I saw it was a romance it was like ahhh... I want to do a romance. Like get me off this bus! There was a romantic element to Speed, but A Walk in the Clouds was just to the ninth degree, so I was looking forward to it and I think it turned out pretty well."

-LookWest, Nov/Dec 1995

"The director, Alphonso Arau, brought in an astrologer and acting teacher and it was a process that helped immensely. It's an opportunity that's not given very often. But sometimes it's not needed. On some films, if you meet before filming starts you'll ruin the whole thing. They're better with some chaos. But this was not a piece like that."

-LookWest, Nov/Dec 1995

"It is a good role and it's different than what I've done before, so that's why I did it. No other reason."

-Orange County Register, August 13, 1995

"What I liked about the character was his being an orphan and his experiences in the war. And this film has this quality of preciousness of life. He always wanted family. When you see him in the film, he doesn't ever get mad at the father or at his wife."

-The Outlook, August 11, 1995

"I'm not supposed to say it, but it wasn't a challenge, really, to play the romantic man. It came easily, in fact. One reason was that I felt good about the tone of the piece, and about playing a stranger who just feels the need to care for somebody."

-The San Francisco Chronicle, July 18, 1995

"I was very attracted to this film because I really wanted to do a romance, something that concerned itself more with the heart and sensuality. And I also shared Alfonso's interest in evoking passions. It's a very romantic story—as we play these two lovers who are separated by circumstance—who cannot consummate their love for each other and who have to express it in other ways."

-Platinum Magazine - May/June, 1995

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