Director Cum Laude

June, 1987

When you start your acting career at the age of nine, you've learned a few things by the age of 23, and Helen Hunt figured she'd been through just about every conceivable audition. Cocky? Hardly. She had wowed Francis Coppola to snag a part in Peggy Sue Got Married and had turned a guest-star stint on St. Elsewhere into a running character that lasted three years. But then she found herself up for the female lead in Project X. Naturally, she did a few scenes for the director and co-star Matthew...