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Margulies: Do you like doing a magazine?
Rosie: So far, yes. I don't
really know what I'm doing; I'm just winging it. Do you read many
magazines?
JM: No, I stopped reading them.
Rosie: I hope you read this one.
JM: [laughs] I will. I love the idea of your magazine, Rosie.
I love that it is unique. I just played the best role of a lifetime, in The
Mists of Avalon. It's a TV miniseries. Most magazines won't do
covers for television movies or plays.
Rosie: We will; no feature film
required. Besides, I loved the book, and I can't wait to see the
mini-series. When and where?
JM: It's going to be on TNT in July. It is such an important
film. It's a classic, with Joan Allen and Anjelica Huston. It's about
women, who we were before Christianity came into this world, when men
feared us as witches if we had any kind of power. It's when we used to
be worshiped as goddesses. I am really proud of it.
Rosie: So there is life after ER?
JM: Most certainly.
Rosie: You walked away from a hit
show, from a lot of money.
JM: Yes. It's the most empowering thing, when you can walk
away from it.
Rosie: You left after five
seasons.
JM: No, six. I signed on for five. And then I gave them a
sixth. At the time it was great. Then in year five, they said you have a
deadline--three months--and you have to tell us if you'll sign through
to year eight.
Rosie: And you said...
JM: And I said, "If you have a deadline, then I'm going
to have to back out because I am not ready to decide. I need to see what
you're going to write for me now. How is my character going to grow? I
love doing this, but it's got to be something I want to wake up and go
to every day."
Rosie: So what did they do?
JM: They kept moving the deadline--September, then November.
On and on.
Rosie: It's nice to feel wanted.
JM: Yeah, they wanted me to stay, and I was grateful for the
chance to think about it. Finally I said, "I can't do this anymore.
It's just too hard."
Rosie: In what way?
JM: Well, the hours are tough. You're there for 14 hours some
days. I am not complaining; listen, I'd rather do that than waitress. It
was fantastic. But mostly I was getting lazy, and I hated seeing that in
my acting. I loved this character, Carol Hathaway. I wanted to leave her
in a dignified place rather than bring her down.
Rosie: It was time for you to
move on.
JM: Yeah.
From: RosieMagazine.com |
