Katie Holmes revealed she didn’t want to be “greedy” about landing acting jobs after making her film debut 25 years ago in Ang Lee’s 1997 film The Ice Storm.
The 44-year-old actress, during an appearance Tuesday on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, was asked what she remembered about her first film.
“Well, I was 17 years old and I remember we came to New York, me and my mom, we filmed and I thought, ‘Oh, this is what I want to do.’ Great,” replied Katie, who wore a black coat, white shirt and fringed black skirt on the NBC talk show.
Film debut: Katie Holmes revealed she didn’t want to be ‘greedy’ about landing acting jobs after making her film debut 25 years ago in The Ice Storm
“And then I went home, and he was putting me on tape for different auditions, and I wasn’t really getting anything and I thought, ‘Oh, well, that could be it.” You know, ‘That could be it. there are.’ But it was okay, because I was like, ‘You know what, it’s okay. Like, that was an amazing experience. And I can tell my grandkids and I’ll be fine,” Katie said.
“You were happy with it,” said Jimmy, 48.
“Well, I mean, I wanted more jobs, but I was like, ‘Don’t be, you know, greedy,'” Katie said.
Jimmy asked her if she remembered her audition for the movie and Katie said that she and her mother Kathleen went to Los Angeles for the pilot season.
Drama film: The 44-year-old actress is pictured in a still from Ang Lee’s 1997 film The Ice Storm
‘And it was my second day in LA and my first audition. I was lucky,’ Katie said.
Jimmy then asked Katie if she was bullied by LA.
‘Yeah, I remember we got lost a lot because it was like, you know, no Google maps, it was Thomas’ Guide. …And we got lost every day,” Katie said.
Not greedy: “Well, I mean, I wanted more jobs, but I was like, ‘Don’t be, you know, greedy,” Katie said.
With mom: Katie and her mother Kathleen were spotted heading to the talk show on Tuesday
Subway trip: the actress traveled in the subway wrapped in a coat
Garment Bag: Katie carried her clothes for the talk show in a garment bag
On the phone: The actress was on her phone while riding the subway
Jimmy admitted to getting confused by the spiral street map grids.
“To this day, when I’m driving in LA, I know how to get around because of all the times we got lost when I was a kid,” Katie said.
Katie was on the NBC talk show to promote her new off-Broadway play, The Wanderers.
Stage Actress: Katie was on the NBC talk show to promote her new off-Broadway play The Wanderers
The Wanderers opens its performances on January 26 at the Roundabout Theater Company’s Laura Pels Theater.
She also promoted her film Rare Objects, which Katie co-wrote, co-produced, directed and starred in.
Rare Objects is the third film Katie has directed after making her directorial debut with the 2016 film All We Had, followed by her 2022 film Alone Together.
Film Director: The Dawson’s Creek star also promoted her film Rare Objects, which Katie co-wrote, co-produced, directed and stars in.
The R-rated film will have a limited theatrical release starting April 14.
Katie also played a new game with Jimmy called Fast Talkers in which they both repeated tongue twisters as fast as possible for 10 seconds.
The Dawson’s Creek star has a daughter, Suri, 16, with her ex-husband, Tom Cruise, 60.
Game Show: Katie also played a new game with Jimmy called Fast Talkers in which they both repeated tongue twisters as fast as possible for 10 seconds.