Editor’s note: The interviews conducted in this podcast were recorded at Deadline’s Contenders TV event, prior to the WGA’s strike starting on May 2.
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Jennifer Coolidge got into the thick of things for a conversation with The Bear star Jeremy Allen White in Variety where they discussed their rise to the top of the industry, particularly over the last year. The actress, 61, opened up especially about the means through which she found early success with her work as a character actress and why she feels it was the wrong decision to not capitalize on them. When asked by Jeremy, 32, if she chose roles for longevity or because she found people she liked and wanted to work with, Jennifer responded: "Now that I'm old enough to really look back at my life and certainly my mistakes, I see a lot of those. Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan share reactions to Outlander ending with season eightWhy Princess Eugenie's baby's birth is a huge royal firstRobin Roberts will leave Good Morning America in 2023 temporarily for very special reasonInside the 2023 Oscars goodie bagSean Penn and Charlize Theron grace the red carpet together"But I never had any strategy. I just went job to job. I have to say I made the terrible mistake of not riding the wave that I had early on. "The acclaimed comedienne continued: "It was sort of in the '90s when I had Legally Blonde, Best in Show, and American Pie.
And then a few years later, there was Cinderella Story and stuff like that. But there was a moment. "MORE: Everything Jennifer Coolidge has said about her love lifeShe explained that she entered a phase where she specifically pursued people for roles while not bearing in mind what were the jobs she actually wanted.
"I wasn't paying attention," she said. "I just thought I had my whole life. I never said, 'I want to do…' I did get some jobs, but I didn't have a plan.
Editor’s note: The interviews conducted in this podcast were recorded at Deadline’s Contenders TV event, prior to the WGA’s strike starting on May 2.
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61-year-old actress reflected on her choice not to become a mother in a cover interview with British GQ.Coolidge told that outlet that her friends suggested that she adopt children, but she thinks she would be more suited to becoming a stepmother.“I’m very, very immature,” the “Legally Blonde” star said. “I think that has kept me from having children, because I’m sort of a child.
Jennifer Coolidge candidly revealed the reason why she never had children. The 61-year-old actress reflected on her choice not to become a mother in a cover interview with British GQ. Coolidge told that outlet that her friends suggested that she adopt children, but she thinks she would be more suited to becoming a stepmother. "I’m very, very immature," the "Legally Blonde" star said.
Jennifer Coolidge is revealing her past roommate. In an interview with British GQ, the 61-year-old actress shares that she platonically lived with Eddie Kaye Thomas, her “American Pie” love interest, for a year or two in the early aughts.
Jennifer Coolidge is revealing her past roommate. In an interview with , the 61-year-old actress shares that she platonically lived with Eddie Kaye Thomas, her love interest, for a year or two in the early aughts.«I wasn't the love of his life,» Coolidge explains with a laugh. «He had girlfriends.
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Jennifer Coolidge is opening up about her past mistakes. During a conversation with Jeremy Allen White, as part of Variety's Actors on Actors series, Coolidge discussed how she regrets not capitalizing on a moment she had early in her career. "Now that I’m old enough to really look back at my life and certainly my mistakes, I see a lot of those.
Jennifer Coolidge has "made a lot of mistakes" in life. The 61-year-old actress shot to fame when she was cast as Stifler's Mom in the 1999 coming-of-age comedy 'American Pie' before going on to star opposite Reese Witherspoon in 'Legally Blonde' and alongside Hilary Duff in 'A Cinderella Story' but started to "pursue guys" rather than drive her career forward at that time. She told Variety: "Now that I’m old enough to really look back at my life and certainly my mistakes, I see a lot of those.
Jennifer Coolidge first met Jeremy Allen White at the Golden Globes in January, when they were both waiting backstage to get their statuettes engraved. Coolidge had just added another trophy to her mantel for playing the desperately lonely heiress Tanya McQuoid in Season 2 of “The White Lotus,” HBO’s biting parable about American excess. Jeremy Allen White, meanwhile, won his Globe for his tightly wound portrayal of Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto on FX’s “The Bear” — a show and a performance that function as an ode to America’s working class. Far from the idyllic beauty of Tanya’s Sicilian vacation (which ends tragically for her), Carmy cooks restaurant food as he boils with rage and grief in a cramped Chicago kitchen.