Patricia Clarkson
Patricia Clarkson
Patricia Davies Clarksonis an American actress. She has starred in many leading and supporting roles in films such as The Station Agent, The Green Mile, Far from Heaven, High Art, Dogville, Good Night, and Good Luck, Easy A, and Cairo Time. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe for her performance in Pieces of April. She twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth29 December 1959
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.
I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must.
But I have had the luxury of working on good films with great people.
I like to think of myself as a free spirit. I've never married. I'm not conventional in that way. But I do like romance. I've been fortunate enough that I've had great love, and I've dated remarkable men in my life. I'm very thankful for all of that.
I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.
New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.
The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.
I have stunning friends. I value my friendships as I value my family.
Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?
See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.
The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business.
Even though I'm a free spirit, I like to keep my friends and my lovers separate. I have extraordinary friends, but I don't want to see them naked.
I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.
I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.