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 Julianne Moore in a scene from Atom Egoyan’s “Chloe.” Image courtesy of the London Film Festival.7. She’s not afraid of aging.
“I’ve been asked about aging in Hollywood since I started,” Moore said. “I think because I started making movies when I was 30 or 31. So the first question out of everybody’s mouth is ‘what does it feel like to be an older actress working in Hollywood.’ And I keep getting it. And my answer to it always has been that you can’t be anywhere except where you are. I’m 48. I’m going to be 48 until I’m not anymore and then I’ll be 49. And if I spend all my time at 48 wishing that I was 35, I’m not going to experience 48. And I’m not going to play parts I played at 31 either. It’s not going to happen. So I feel like as far as aging is concerned for anybody in their life, at any point… you have to go, ‘this is where I am today, and appreciate it.’ Because none of it lasts very long.”
8. She has a theory as to why she’s attracted to queer projects, and why queer projects are attracted to her.
After moderator Hanson suggested she was “cat nip” to queer directors (to which Moore exclaimed, “they’re not alll gay,”) Moore gave her thoughts on her status as a sort of ‘queer icon,’ considering her working relationships with filmmakers like Todd Haynes, Tom Kalin and now, Tom Ford (“they’re all named Tom or Todd,” Hanson joked, to which Moore replied “or Stephen!”).
“I’ll kind of espouse a queer theory kind of thing,” she said. “I’ll see if I’m right about this. But I think that in a lot of my movies, there’s been a very dramatic and a very human element, and there’s been somebody who feels like they don’t belong. They don’t fit in, and there’s something in them that wants to change or be seen. I think that in terms of the queer experience, traditionally - though I think less so now - I think a lot of people grow up feeling invisible. So, in terms of the queer audience, they’re looking at an actor or a character that’s expressing what they’re feeling. Not to be simplistic about it…”
9. Moore cautions a previous statement she’d made where she said that she makes some films “to pay her mortgage.”
“That sounds like a horrific statement,” Moore said when Hanson quoted her. “Because I’ve also been really pleased and happy doing the more commercial work that I’ve done. I’ve worked with people like Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott and Ivan Reitman. Directors that are really talented and interesting but just happen to be making great big movies. So it’s nothing to sneeze at, but you also have to, as an actor, work within the range of films that are out there. It’s like, if you ate tomatoes every day, you’re like ‘okay, enough tomatoes. I can’t stand it anymore.’ So I think it’s that way with anything we do in our lives. You want to have some variety, and some different experiences.”
10. But she admits that they do pay the mortgage, and allow her to make smaller films.
“There’s this misnomer about actors that whatever we do we get paid for,” she said. “I made a movie this summer with Lisa Cholodenko [‘The Kids Are Alright’]. And it actually cost me money. Because you have to uproot your whole family. So some movies allow you to have a career and a regular job. And some movies you just do because you want to do them, but you’re not getting paid. It’s all part of a whole thing. And I’ve been super, super fortunate that I’ve had varied opportunities.”
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