Julianne Moore is on the cover of the latest issue of ES Magazine, out now.
Here’s what the 58-year-old After the Wedding actress had to say…
On the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements: “[They have been] the biggest seismic change that we have ever had, just because it made people realise how much disparity there was in our business, I don’t know if there’s really been a shift. There’s been a door that’s opened, but things don’t change unless you make the effort. If you’re somebody who thinks, ‘I’m going to go out of my way to hire 50 per cent women,’ then it’ll happen, but it doesn’t just happen accidentally. I’m only at this point just beginning to create my own material.”
On describing women as “of a certain age”: “This is one of my pet peeves. It’s as if you are saying that her age is so terrible that you don’t want to mention it. You wouldn’t say ‘a man of a certain age’. Obfuscating your age or skirting around it, or trying to be delicate about it, that’s what makes me crazy. It’s not so horrible to be in your 50s — it’s not horrible at all. It’s simply part of life.”
On being in a long-term relationship in Hollywood: “I haven’t found it difficult. I think for anybody in any industry who travels a lot, there’s a danger — if you don’t spend time together, you’re going to be in trouble. Because we always had children we stayed together a lot as a family. But if you go away for a year to make a movie, your relationship’s not going to survive.”
For more from Julianne, head to standard.co.uk.
