Selma Blair’s mom doesn’t seem to have much faith in her daughter’s acting abilities. Even though the 35-year-old actress has been a movie star for more than a decade, she says her mother still asks “when I’m going to come home and work in Dunkin’ Donuts.” (Mom is apparently a big fan of their coffee…)
The star of the new horror film Waz spoke to the British newspaper The Independent about why she blames the paparazzi for her double chin, dating “gorgeous” men and what she’s got in common with Tom Cruise.
On how her mom feels about her career choices, including her role as a disturbed rape victim in Waz: “She thinks I’m awful in most things… [When I showed her a pre-release version of the film] she said: ‘Oh god, Selma, I can’t see a thing!’ Then she made me turn it off.”
On how Selma dealt with all of the gore during filming:
“They kept having to cut away from my face… I couldn’t be disgusted in the movie… This was a difficult movie to shoot. You’re talking to someone who couldn’t even dissect a little pig in seventh grade, and that was after all the blood had been drained out of it.”
On the antidote to her recent run of horror films, including Hellboy, Waz and Hellboy 2:
“I just need to appear in a period piece really soon. A lavish, beautiful, non-gory period piece.”
On having her photo taken:
“If I was looking good and someone happened to take a picture, I’d probably be quite pleased anyone was paying attention to me at all… I don’t look especially good in paparazzi shots. A lot of the people they snap, they’re kids. They look good… without makeup or anything. But… I need a little Photoshop. Inevitably, I’ll turn away and have a horrible, startled look on my face… All I can think is that this is going to break my mother’s heart, because she’s going to have to see her baby with a double chin and people writing rude comments.”
On the reason photographers seek her out:
“I look like Tom Cruise, don’t I? [Or] Katie Holmes. Katie Holmes with Tom Cruise’s haircut.”
On what people really want to know about actors:
“It’s almost off-topic to talk about acting. What people want to know is how you made some great mistake, or that you’re dating someone really gorgeous… People would much rather see you fall apart than see you talk about something with any dignity… Marlon Brando once gave an interview in which he said actors were like lipstick, or diapers. We’re a product, and you have to sell the product.”
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