Belinda Balaski (born December 8, 1947; Inglewood, California) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her large supporting role in Joe Dante's The Howling (1981), and has continued to appear in most of Dante's films including an important role in Piranha and cameos in Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Matinee, and Small Soldiers. She co-stars in Food of the Gods and Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw both featuring Marjoe Gortner, and in Roger Corman's Cannonball! (directed by Paul Bartel) she plays navigator to Robert Carradine in a cross-country car race.
I am at heart a character actress. It took a while to get in the front seat of the car, but the better roles are in the back seat.
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The worst kind of director is one who makes you feel small and stupid.
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It is so important for a director to have a vision and be able to communicate that vision to you while empowering your creativity. That way everyone is on the same page and working at their peak together.
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I'm a character actress. I like to change from role to role. That actually was one of my problems because people saw me and I looked so different, casting people didn't realize I was the same person. For Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976), I dyed my hair red and had beveled glasses made; for Cannonball! (1976), I was blonde and totally changed my appearance. If you looked at those two people, you would not realize they were the same person.
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