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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (0) Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared South Korea president calls for reunification tax 15 Aug 2010 FOREX-Yen rises as high-yielders slip; eyes on govt, BOJ 15 Aug 2010 Republicans attack Obama over Muslim center comments 15 Aug 2010 U.S.-South Korea drills anger North, worry China 14 Aug 2010 No longer all in the family: Indian businesses step out 13 Aug 2010 Growth angst drifts back to U.S. shores 15 Aug 2010 UK Stocks -- Factors to watch on Aug 16 1:55am EDT UPDATE 1-Hong Kong property stocks down on tightening moves 15 Aug 2010 Japan growth slows amid worry about yen's climb 12:15am EDT FOREX-Yen up on talk of Japanese flows; eyes on govt, BOJ 1:45am EDT Best of the week 13 Aug 2010 Ramadan begins 12 Aug 2010 Republicans attack Obama over Muslim center comments 15 Aug 2010 Nikkei falls 0.6 pct as GDP data hits exporters 2:08am EDT Factbox: Australia economy key focus of election campaign 12:18am EDT Key Pink Floyd albums drop from digital market 13 Aug 2010 Pakistan gets respite from rains but aid flow is slow | Video 3:00am EDT Bank repossessions drive up July foreclosures 12 Aug 2010 Hundreds protest in Jakarta, urge religious freedom 15 Aug 2010 Judge allows JPMorgan overtime lawsuit to proceed 09 Dec 2008 "Eat Pray Love" marks writing debut for actress Digg This Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Writer Jennifer Salt arrives for the premiere of ''Eat Pray Love'' in New York August 10, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson Related News "Middle" man Luke Wilson makes hard work look easy Sun, Aug 15 2010 "Eat Pray Love" prompts merchandising bonanza Fri, Aug 13 2010 A Minute With: "Eat Pray Love" director Ryan Murphy Thu, Aug 12 2010 "Eat Pray Love" an unappetizing combo Wed, Aug 11 2010 Stars of "Eat Pray Love" say it changed lives Tue, Aug 10 2010 Related Topics Fashion » Entertainment » Film » People » By Jenelle Riley Mon Aug 16, 2010 12:01am EDT LOS ANGELES (Back Stage) - Jennifer Salt has the distinction of breaking into and succeeding in the competitive world of the entertainment industry twice. Her first go-round was as an actor, appearing in such classic films as "Midnight Cowboy" and starring as spoiled Eunice Tate on "Soap." But Salt says she eventually "lost the love" for acting and turned to writing, where she found even greater success. After seven seasons as a writer and producer on Ryan Murphy's "Nip/Tuck," Salt now finds herself in theaters with her first produced screenplay, "Eat Pray Love." Salt and Murphy adapted Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling memoir about leaving her comfortable marriage and journeying to three countries -- Italy, India, and Bali -- to find herself. Salt, her own life marked with opportunities and coincidences, seemed destined to write the film. She was born in 1944 to actor Mary Davenport and screenwriter Waldo Salt, who survived the Hollywood blacklist and won two Academy Awards, for his scripts for "Coming Home" and "Midnight Cowboy." All her life, people had told Jennifer Salt she would make a good writer, but she resisted. "I never wrote," she says of her early years. "I also never really thought about being an actor. But when it was time to go to high school, we couldn't afford private school, so I tried out for all the special schools in New York." With a monologue her mother coached her on, Salt auditioned for a performing arts school and got in. After that, she attended Sarah Lawrence College, where she became friends with actor Jill Clayburgh and director Brian De Palma, who was a graduate student. Though Salt got "great parts" at Sarah Lawrence, upon graduation, she says, "I lost my nerve about going out there and auditioning and supporting myself as an actor." She took a day job instead. "It was a very, very unhappy time," she admits. "Fortunately, Jill Clayburgh was a member of the company at the Charles Playhouse in Boston, and she brought me to meet the head of the playhouse, Michael Murray, who kindly cast me in a very small role in a production of 'MacBird!'" A political satire starring Stacy Keach, "MacBird!" moved to Off-Broadway. Regional theater followed, though Salt says those roles were nothing of note. Then her father wrote the screenplay for "Midnight Cowboy," and Salt met director John Schlesinger. "My dad had thought of this little part for me, almost an extra part," she recalls. "But when I met with John, he cast me in a bit of a larger role." The role of "Crazy Annie" was largely physical, as the character appears in flashbacks making love with Joe (Jon Voight). So Michael Childers, who was Schlesinger's lover and assistant, shot footage of Salt running through the park and talking in a Texas accent, which served as her screen test. Salt soon found herself living the Hollywood life, dating Voight, hanging out with Martin Scorsese, and at one point living with Margot Kidder. Other roles followed, including "Murder a la Mod" and "Sisters," both directed by De Palma. She went on to spend five years on "Soap." But when the show ended in 1981, Salt was a single mother, approaching 40, in a business that valued the hot new thing. "I was doing nice guest shots on TV, but it just wasn't happening in a creative and fulfilling way," she says. "The roles I was up for -- mostly mom roles -- were dreary. And my enthusiasm for working on them and for auditions was very low." She had an epiphany. "Over the course of your life, you realize more and more who you are and how you want to spend your time," she reflects. "And it became clearer and clearer that I was very unhappy as an actress and didn't feel comfortable in my own skin. When I was younger I thought it was because I wasn't successful enough. But as I got older I realized it had more to do with the fact that I just didn't love it." Salt's father died 1987. Shortly thereafter, she enrolled in her first writing class. "I think in some ways his presence and his talent were so enormous that there had been no room for me to find my own voice," she notes. "Not that he had ever crowded me out deliberately; it was just the nature of it. He was so brilliant and awe-inspiring to everyone around me that I just wouldn't have known how to find my way." Over two years, Salt wrote her first screenplay, "Ain't Over Til It's Over," about a woman turning 40 who recently lost her father and finds her life is up for grabs. It landed Salt an agent, meetings, and her first two paid screenwriting jobs. Salt was soon supporting herself as a writer, even though none of her screenplays were produced. She also became active in a writers group. "It's been my saving grace, my way of surviving the loneliness of being a writer in isolation," she notes. One day, a member of the group brought in Murphy, who immediately clicked with Salt. When Murphy created "Nip/Tuck," he invited her to come on board the writing staff. One day in 2006, Murphy mentioned to Salt that he was reading "Eat Pray Love" -- the book was not yet the worldwide phenomenon it would become -- and said the character reminded of him of Salt. "He meant her voice," she explains. "Her self-deprecating humor. And he also knew that I had a past as a quote-unquote seeker." Salt and Gilbert had more in common than Murphy knew: The guru who taught Gilbert was a protegee of the guru Salt studied under in the 1970s. Murphy signed on to direct "Eat Pray Love" and asked Salt to co-write the script with him. It wasn't an easy translation from page to screen; sections of Gilbert struggling to meditate weren't necessarily filmic. And Salt admits there was concern about making Gilbert (Julia Roberts) likable, particularly when she leaves her husband (Billy Crudup). Says Salt, "How do you make that someone you want to know and want to watch? How do you create a marriage that isn't one-sided where he's just a big jerk?" Salt says the scene was written over and over again. "And as good as we got it, Billy Crudup made it even better," Salt notes. "He truly found that character." Salt is currently adapting another book, "While I'm Falling," about a mother-daughter relationship. She is also working on a pilot for HBO based on Rachel DeWoskin's expatriate memoir "Foreign Babes in Beijing." Perhaps the only regret of Salt's writing career is that her father didn't have the opportunity to witness her success. "I feel like he knew I was waiting to discover myself as a writer," she says. "He always told people I had a gift." Fashion Entertainment Film People Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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