Anne Hecheis looking back at the important lessons she learned from some of the A-list leading men in her life.
Heche talked about working withHarrison Fordon the romantic comedySix Days Seven Nights— calling the star “my hero” — as well asTommy Lee JonesinVolcano,Robert De NiroinWag the DogandDenzel WashingtoninJohn Q.
The actress said Jones, 75, was her “life-saver,” literally.
“There’s this scene [inVolcano] where Tommy Lee Jones and I have to grab onto a firetruck and we have to hold on, we’re all supposed to be locked in,” she said. “As the ladder is going up until we get to about 50 feet, Tommy Lee looks at me and goes, ‘Holy expletive! You’re not connected! Hold on!’ [He] grabbed my belt and made me lift up and told me to hold on because I wasn’t attached [to the ladder].”
She added, “And that’s a moment where you deem a man who’s holding onto your belt for you a life-saver.”
getty (3)
As for De Niro, Heche said the veteran actor was her “teacher of the arts,” adding, “Here’s what I learned from him: Learn your lines and show up on time.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
“I say this with the utmost respect. I had to play a woman in that movie that I did not want to play, an administrator who was telling him that his son could not have a heart transplant,” she explained. “Denzel Washington looks across at me and goes, ‘Go further! Become that bitch.’ And I go, ‘Okay, that is a hard thing to say no to. Okay, Denzel. I will!’ "
Heche’s film13 Minutes, which starsTrace Adkins, follows four families as they only have 13 minutes to seek shelter from the largest tornado in history
13 Minutes, which also starsPeter Facinelli,Amy SmartandThora Birch, hits theaters this Friday.
source: people.com
