Weeds star Mary-Louise Parker covers the latest issue of More Magazine (June 2009) and revealed how she was forced into getting nude for a scene of last season’s finale. In the interview, Mary-Louise also talked about her childhood, dating and plastic surgery. Here are some highlights from Mary-Louise Parker More interview:
On being “crippled by awkwardness” as a kid: “I never had a date in high school, not one.” But, when she arrived at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts at 17 she became an overnight success. “Every boy wanted to date me. It’s because I was at school with a bunch of artists, a bunch of freaks. It was OK to be what I was. Knowing this made me come out of myself.”
On dating as a single parent: “Some men are daunted by it, some are really attracted. I had someone ask, ‘Does this mean we can’t go out anytime we want?’ And I said, ‘Yes, that’s exactly what it means. It means you come fourth, ‘cause it’s my kids, my job, my family.’ Then she pauses and defiantly declares, “I don’t ever want to come first to anyone. It’s too much pressure.”
On her anti-plastic surgery stance: “Somebody told me that they’d read that I had all this work done and showed me a picture, and it was totally airbrushed…It made me so mad. I don’t like what that says to other women. I’m 44, and I look OK for 44. I’m not trying to look 34.”
On her complex and devious character on Weeds: “I like it the more extreme it is. Jenjii [Kohan, the series’ creator] has been amazing in surprising me.” But, she adds, “I don’t like it when it’s crass and crude for humor’s sake. And I don’t like it when it’s sentimental, when she’s a sweet mother. To me, she’s not that.”
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