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Meet Uma Thurman
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I don't have an obsession with my feet.
Big issues? Big feet! I don't know what's up with these directors. I don't know what they're doing filming my feet but it makes a good story. Quentin Tarantino is very open about his foot fetishes so you can challenge him about that next time you talk to him about his movies - and count the foot shots! And no, I didn't turn him into one. I think he got up there by his own honest path, so to speak.
No, I don't. I don't want to talk about my feet.
I think still looking good enough to get cast is a great thing - I'm grateful. I think for young women it's very hard to have anyone listen to you. Young women are very much not listened to and not even considered as sensitive beings. The advantage is having survived it and having got to do what I wished to do. Taking that question further, everything is easier for me now. There's nothing that's not easier for me as an adult. It's so much better than being a kid, it really is.
I think everybody's different. I know that I like to be around someone stronger than myself - and I know people who don't. I know women who like to have boy toys - and actually I could grow into that! But generally speaking, I would prefer to be with someone I could look to for help or guidance, support or some sort of superior wisdom. There are different kinds of men; some feel very emasculated around a woman who is too fully-formed, and some don't. Some men need to be around a woman two generations younger than them to feel good about themselves, in which case, they should do that. But there's a great variety of men in the world, thank God.
It's hard to get a date as a famous woman. It's true, because who would bother with it? Any half-bright guy who could have a normal, nice good-looking woman or a famous one - wouldn't you be smart and pick the normal one? So I support the wisdom. It's a pain in the neck to be involved with a famous person - it really costs people something sometimes.
I do feel anonymous in many ways. I feel anonymous in that it's not intimate being 'famous' - it's just a kind of illusion. It's not really you, so in many ways you're very anonymous.
Just to grow, to learn, to stay open, not to be tough. To not ever be bitter; wash it away, and be open - simple things.
Uma Thurman: I never felt that. I've had a very touch-and-go career. I work for directors who are crazy artists, and look for writers that get inspired or are moved by somebody that resembles me enough that I can play them. I don't feel 'power'. I haven't made a career out of blockbusting movies, I've made a career out of a little delicately-constructed, spiders-web tapestry of weird choices. I've been on the A-list and on the D-list so many times. So to me, survival as an actress is just a miracle.
What's your obsession with your feet?
I don't have an obsession with my feet.
No 'big' issues?
Big issues? Big feet! I don't know what's up with these directors. I don't know what they're doing filming my feet but it makes a good story. Quentin Tarantino is very open about his foot fetishes so you can challenge him about that next time you talk to him about his movies - and count the foot shots! And no, I didn't turn him into one. I think he got up there by his own honest path, so to speak.
Do you like your feet?
No, I don't. I don't want to talk about my feet.
Okay, do you feel you have an advantage over younger actresses emerging on the scene?
I think still looking good enough to get cast is a great thing - I'm grateful. I think for young women it's very hard to have anyone listen to you. Young women are very much not listened to and not even considered as sensitive beings. The advantage is having survived it and having got to do what I wished to do. Taking that question further, everything is easier for me now. There's nothing that's not easier for me as an adult. It's so much better than being a kid, it really is.
What kind of man do you look for?
I think everybody's different. I know that I like to be around someone stronger than myself - and I know people who don't. I know women who like to have boy toys - and actually I could grow into that! But generally speaking, I would prefer to be with someone I could look to for help or guidance, support or some sort of superior wisdom. There are different kinds of men; some feel very emasculated around a woman who is too fully-formed, and some don't. Some men need to be around a woman two generations younger than them to feel good about themselves, in which case, they should do that. But there's a great variety of men in the world, thank God.
How do you deal with the fact that a lot of men are intimidated around you?
It's hard to get a date as a famous woman. It's true, because who would bother with it? Any half-bright guy who could have a normal, nice good-looking woman or a famous one - wouldn't you be smart and pick the normal one? So I support the wisdom. It's a pain in the neck to be involved with a famous person - it really costs people something sometimes.
Would you prefer to be more anonymous?
I do feel anonymous in many ways. I feel anonymous in that it's not intimate being 'famous' - it's just a kind of illusion. It's not really you, so in many ways you're very anonymous.
What's your goal in life?
Just to grow, to learn, to stay open, not to be tough. To not ever be bitter; wash it away, and be open - simple things.
When did you realise that with success comes power in Hollywood?
Uma Thurman: I never felt that. I've had a very touch-and-go career. I work for directors who are crazy artists, and look for writers that get inspired or are moved by somebody that resembles me enough that I can play them. I don't feel 'power'. I haven't made a career out of blockbusting movies, I've made a career out of a little delicately-constructed, spiders-web tapestry of weird choices. I've been on the A-list and on the D-list so many times. So to me, survival as an actress is just a miracle.
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