Monday, October 20, 2008

Tea Leoni Walks Ageism in Hollywood

Tea Leoni is featured on the cover of the November issue of More magazine alongside Jane Fonda and Sharon Stone.

In the article she talks about aging in Hollywood and no longer being "the chick of the flick", some highlights:

On why she believes older actresses are more interesting:
"It's not just that a 28-year-old doesn't have a lot of experience. It's that I don't worry about a 28-year-old, certainly not one who looks like most of the young leading ladies."

On thrilled not to be cast as "the chick of the flick":
"That's where your skirts are up to here and you're blissfully 20 years younger than your co-star -- and that would be his bliss and not necessarily my own. It simply becomes a different movie if you're 10 years older."

On the red carpet and paparazzi:
"The red carpet makes me feel like a bullsh-- artist. I don't hang with anybody who stalks press."

On her upcoming film, Manure:
"I'm basically made to look like Tippi Hedren. Hitchcock blonde is what we're going for. The entire movie is brown. Everything. The sets, the props, the wardrobe, the cars. And I'm the only thing in cream. It's funny, it's a very simple thread but at the same time it's all about our relationship to sh--. Our own, others', selling it, making it, smelling it, being offended by it, reveling in it, getting hit with it when it hits the fan. But at the same time, we have this incredible cast with Billy Bob Thornton, who is maybe my new favorite person in the world."

Source: More

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