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| | Judy Greer: I?m starting to see that being busy all the time is a problem | | Added 818 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Judy Greer, 46, co-founded a natural supplement line for older women called Wile. It includes products for stress and hot flashes. She did an interview with People Magazine promoting it. Judy talked about how there are more roles for older women now, how she manages stress and how her perspective has changed as she?s gotten older. She said some things which were sadly relatable, particularly about feeling grumpy a lot and about how shes typically busy all the time. I last saw Judy in Halloween Kills, as Jamie Lee Curtiss daughter, but shes one of those actresses you take for granted because she works so much. Heres some of her People interview.
When I first started acting, I felt like youth was everything and I was very aware of that. And now I think that the zeitgeist, the consciousness is shifting and were all sort of feeling differently about body image. Were feeling differently about aging. Were dipping our toe into becoming more expansive with our ideas about what is beautiful and what is worthy, she muses.
I feel very lucky to be an actress in my 40s right now because there are great roles for us. There are great directors and writers out there, Greer says, adding: And so I think that were just getting served better material than those women were when I was in my 20s Theres a long way to go. Please dont get me wrong, but its a start and Ill take it.
Theres this shift that I started to notice that I was starting to talk to my friends about as we were getting into our 40s that I didnt [see] being addressed, she says. I didnt feel like there was any products on the market that were there for me specifically and dealing with my needs specifically
This is such an interesting time in my life, Greer adds. Youre starting to really know yourself and youre starting to really see what we thought was really important, like being busy all the time, Im really starting to see that thats not special. Thats actually a problem.
[From People]
Im going through some stuff now and I think its hormonal as well as just general pandemic burnout. I?ve tried various supplements for perimenopause and apart from progesterone cream I don?t think much has helped me. I also worry about side effects, which you have to be concerned about with herbal medication too. That last part she said, about being busy all the time, really hit home for me. There?s always something to do for work or just around the house. It can be overwhelming, particularly at this time of year and at this stage of life. We don?t have to wait for retirement to take a break and we dont need permission not to work.
Also, one of the reasons Judy might be getting roles is because she has decades of working as a talented and well known character actress. Although its changing gradually as she mentioned those supporting roles for older women are in higher supply than leads.
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| | Jessica Chastain: People 'expect a different background than I have' | | Added 819 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Jessica Chastain grew up in a poor, working class family in Sacramento, California. Her parents were teenagers when they had Jessica, and she barely knew her biological father. She and her siblings were raised by her mother, stepfather and grandmother. She ended up going to Julliard and having a great career as an actress and producer, and she?s now married into a wealthy and aristocratic Italian family. She welcomed her first child when she was 41 years old (in 2018) and her second child at 43. Jessica is (understandably) squirrelly about her background and you can tell that she knows that her poor, working class roots are not how most people got into Hollywood. She spoke about all of this and more in a recent interview with the Times of London:
Growing up poor: Chastain admits she ?grew up with a lot of resentment? due to her childhood in poverty. ?I don?t talk about it much, but it was really, um, it was not what you would expect. When people see me, I think they expect a different background than I have. So because I come from that place, I know what it?s like. And it makes me angry. And I don?t [want] anyone else to be denied anything. In terms of a voice, being seen, being acknowledged and valued.?
She worked all the way through Julliard: ?There were people that saw I was struggling as a kid and they helped me. And that?s why I ended up where I am now.?
She got help from Planned Parenthood in her youth. I?m the first person in my family to not be pregnant when I was 17. It had a great impact on my life because it gave me choice, she said of the organisation, which was her source for birth control.
On the importance of fathers: ?Right now, as a society, I don?t believe we value fathers as much as we should. I think we have to understand that ? and this is tough as a woman to say this ? the father relationship is just as important as the mother relationship. And men need to acknowledge that women are just as important in the workforce.
On seeing Chris Hemsworth feel devastated when he was unable to make it home for his childrens bedtimes. And this was way before I got married and all of that. I remember seeing that and thinking, When we?re on set for 16 hours a day, why isn?t there a set-up so people can be with their children? We should get to the place where men are able to admit that and society sees it as a strength.
[From ET Canada & Elle]
It?s amazing that Jessica was able to escape all of the poverty traps set to keep her marginalized: restricted access to health care, restricted access to quality education, no generational wealth. I would be resentful too hell, I grew up solidly middle class and I?m resentful of how wasteful the ?elites? are. Jessica was probably around all of those rich kids and she wanted to scream in their faces the whole time. As for the importance of fathers? I agree that good fatherhood, hands-on fatherhood, is not seen as desirable or expected for most men. And that should change.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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