Erin Carlson’s Sweet 16

Sweet 16 is our rapid-fire Q&A series.


Erin Carlson is the author of I’ll Have What She’s Having: How Nora Ephron’s Three Iconic Films Saved the Romantic Comedy and No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood. She also writes the You’ve Got Mail newsletter.

For Baseball Movie Month, we asked Erin to answer our 16 questions about the movies and movie experiences that have made her life sweeter.


1. First movie you fell in love with

Ghost

2. Last movie you fell in love with

Project Hail Mary

3. A movie scene you’ll never shake

The ending of Sleepless in Seattle, when Sam and Annie finally meet on top of the Empire State Building. Cue Jimmy Durante’s “Make Someone Happy”…

4. A movie scene that never gets old

Ethan Hawke meeting Julie Delpy on the train in Before Sunrise

5. Favorite movie theater

Cinelounge Tiburon

6. Theater snack of choice

Nerds Gummy Clusters

7. A performance that makes you LOL

Seth Rogen falling down the stairs in Long Shot is never not hilarious

8. A performance that makes you cry

Sally Field in Steel Magnolias

9. Favorite childhood movie memory

Going with my tweenage friends to see The Cutting Edge in theaters. (Toe pick!)

10. Movie you’ll defend forevermore

Mannequin

11. Rainy day movie

You’ve Got Mail

12. Lesson you learned from a movie

Carpe diem! (Dead Poets Society)

13. A movie quote you use a lot

“No one has ever quoted me back to me before.” - Bruno Kirby in When Harry Met Sally

14. Favorite movie GIF:

15. Movie you want played at your funeral

Little Women (1994)

16. Movie you’d pair with No Crying in Baseball

Field of Dreams

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