Courtney Love
Courtney Love
Courtney Michelle Loveis an American musician, actress, and visual artist. Prolific in the punk and grunge scenes of the 1990s, Love's career has spanned over four decades. She became a fixture in alternative music as the frontwoman of Hole, drawing public attention for her uninhibited stage presence and confrontational lyrics, as well as her highly publicized personal life following her marriage to Kurt Cobain...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth9 July 1964
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I keep social with everyone because I want to know what's going on at every level. At the same time, if I'm not alone a certain amount of time per day then I'll go nuts, because I can't write and I can't think. I can't deal with people all the time. I like being alone. I'm a bit of a cat lady in that way.
In rock 'n' roll it's really about being as vulnerable as possible and giving them what they want. But onstage it's about pausing, about internal life, it's about internal triggers - that's one of the reasons I'm really challenged to do a play.
I get nervous about press and about being rejected or disappointing myself.
Love is the core of everything - nothing survives without it.
When I stepped out from doing films and had a dark period, I never did anything dark on a set, so I never made enemies on a set. I never was a bad girl on a set; I always considered films a really sacred space, so when I had my problems, I had them very much away from the film community.
It's very hard to describe to people sometimes the way I grew up, because it wasn't like my parents were irresponsible. They weren't necessarily reckless, but they were bringing all types of energy into the house, all kinds of people.
When my mother was trying to teach me how to make friends when I was a kid, she'd bring girls over to the house and I'd give them all my clothes. Nothing changes, I still do it. And then I wonder, "Where is that really nice Isabel Marant dress that I spent a fortune on? Oh my god, I gave it to Liza."
That is something I'm specifically equipped to discuss - how reputation can affect even your capacity to rent a place. Having good credit is irrelevant in the face of something like getting thrown out of court six years ago. I've really thought this out.
I'm not a theater rat, so I never got a theatrical agent and did a play. I came really close though.
Four inch nails is more like it!
My mentors are people like Cameron Crowe and Carrie Fisher.
I'm clean and sober for over a year and no one seems to care! They're like, 'Oh, her dramatic weight gain.' So, stop making fun of me!
So, I gained a little..weight, .. Big deal. Clean and sober.
My number one thing to work on is not being reactive - but appropriateness doesn't come easily to me sometimes.