In a
recent interview to collider, actress Mary-Louise Parker talked about her
acting preferences, Weeds and RI.P.D., which opens on Friday, July 19th, tomorrow.
Excerpt:
“…
You’ve
done a lot of TV and you’ve done a lot of film. What do you like better? Do you
have a preference?
PARKER: I really prefer acting in the theater the
most. In some ways TV is closer to that because there’s more of a regularity to
the schedule. You have to finish an episode by a certain day. Movies can just
go on interminably. With TV, there’s a continuum with the crew and the cast so
you feel like you have a sense of community in a way, which is similar to
theater. But, honestly, I’ll act anywhere. When I did Weeds people
tried to talk me out of it and I said, ‘You can’t act on Showtime. There’s
nothing on Showtime. Showtime’s not cool.’ So, I’ll act anywhere.
How
do you decide whether or not to do a movie?
PARKER: It’s mostly based on my children’s schedule,
it’s my first concern, and then with this movie, I was so flattered that
[director] Robert [Schwentke] asked me to work with him again. I really, really
like him and respect him, and it was Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds, and it
was one of the best written characters I’ve ever had. There’s some scripts that
you have to make it look like you’re having fun and make it look fresh and make
the character interesting, and it’s a lot of work to manufacture, and this was
on the page so I feel like the writers deserve credit for what’s good about my
character. They deserve the credit.
After
seeing the movie, I felt like everyone would have this same question – why did
you cover up your ankles?
PARKER: [Laughs] So funny. The boots actually were
one of the biggest parts of the character. I wanted her look to really speak
for who she was because she only has one costume, right? So it has to say
everything and I was all over the place. At one point I had this whole Annie
Oakley idea that was really stupid and I came across this picture of this
forest ranger from 1968 and it just felt so right, and I sent it to Robert and
he loved it, and she had those kind of classic go-go type boots. So it was
really just from this one weird picture. And [Robert] was generous enough to
give me the freedom and confident enough to let me come up with stuff.
…
Do
you miss Nancy Botwin and do you have any hopes to go back to her at some
point?
PARKER: I do! It’s pathetic, but I do. It was eight
years of my life, you know? And I felt so close to the crew, and the camera
operator who I love, Steven Smith, I had more respect for him than anyone I’ve
ever worked with in my life. He’s not doing well right now and I went to see
him over the weekend in California and in some ways it felt like it was really
over, in a way, to lose him, but Hunter [Parrish] and I are still really close.
I saw him three days ago in LA and we spend holidays together. If there was a
movie, I would do it, but at a certain point I can’t keep putting my cut-offs
on.
You’ve
been described as the thinking man’s sex symbol. How does that make you feel?
PARKER: It’s better than a dumb man’s sex symbol.
[Laughs] But honestly I would take that, too. I’d be happy with either.
…”
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