Uma Thurman
"If you try to lie to your child, they'll sense it."
by Mina Hochberg
April 16, 2008
While filming, did the emotions take a toll on you physically?
No, I think there's something wonderfully cathartic about messing yourself up to find the right moment. It depends on the person, but I usually feel exhausted and relieved.
I read a quote from Vadim [Perelman, the director], saying that since you're a mother, you were better informed in a way to play this role. Did you feel that way?
I'm sure if I didn't have children, I could have played this role. I think many women who don't have children deeply understand what it feels like to love children and to be passionately attached to protecting them. I'm sure that there are many women who haven't had kids, by choice or by circumstance, that could have played this role beautifully.
I like the moments in the movie where you swear under stress, and your daughter calls you out for swearing. In your own family—
Oh, I try not to talk about my kids and my family life in the public, just because it violates their space.
This movie seems like a 180 from your last film, My Super Ex-Girlfriend. After doing comedy, were you ready to take on something a little more serious?
"I'm sure if I didn't have children, I could have played this role."
I love drama. I just can't find very many dramas. And I love comedy, so, you know. They're hard to find, intimate movies like this. And they're really hard to get made.
What's the next film that you're working on?
I'm working on this wonderful independent movie called Motherhood. Totally excited about it, I can't tell you. And then I'm very excited to take a couple months off and start Eloise in Paris. So that'll make my first official children's movie. I loved the books myself as a child and have enjoyed them since then. It's a classic.
So you've covered most of the genres. Are there any other ones you'd like to tackle?
Genre-wise, I've kind of gotten over my obsession with just trying to do every genre. Maybe because I did them all. I like to just keep doing what I love, exploring new characters, new worlds and lives.
©2007 Mina Hochberg and Nerve Media
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Mina Hochberg is a movie critic at amNewYork. She lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn. |
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