Frances Fisher joins Steve Kmetko for a candid, funny, and deeply thoughtful conversation about acting, ambition, heartbreak, Titanic, Clint Eastwood, Lucille Ball, and what it really means to build a life in Hollywood.

Frances talks about growing up around the world, finding acting through community theater in Texas, bartending in New York while chasing work, and the unusual creative choice that transformed her performance in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She also shares a remarkable story about the phone call that may have led to Titanic, what made James Cameron such an effective director, and why Rose’s mother was one of the easiest characters she ever played.

The conversation goes deeper as Frances reflects on grief, aging, motherhood, social media, ambition, and the one thing she wishes she had told her younger self: aim higher.

This is Still Here Hollywood with Steve Kmetko.

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00:00 Introduction
00:49 The artist comes before the actor
01:34 Her first big acting paycheck
03:09 The black hair story from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
06:35 How acting first hooked her
08:45 Growing up around the world
12:21 How being the new kid shaped her
13:27 Why the work mattered more than fame
16:35 The phone call before Titanic
18:26 Why she wanted Titanic so badly
19:43 James Cameron on set
22:04 Working with Leo, Kate, and the costumes
27:27 Playing Lucille Ball
31:36 What acting really is
36:08 What Clint Eastwood was like
42:19 The joy of being a grandmother
45:05 Frances Fisher on grief
48:49 Her thoughts on social media
52:19 Her toilet paper theory of life
54:40 Why she wishes she had aimed higher

Show Credits

Host/Producer: Steve Kmetko

All things technical: Justin Zangerle

Executive Producer: Jim Lichtenstein

Music by: Brian Sanyshyn

Transcription:  Mushtaq Hussain

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