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 would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.
I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines.
I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.
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 think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.
And there were many parts I didn't get. I was always kind of grasping at things.
I've always wanted to be leading lady/character actress.
I think I am monumentally lucky but I do have the good fortune to have these great young directors offering me parts in their scripts.
Maybe I have a certain amount of smarts to say yes because I don't care if I'm not going to make any money because I love the part.
You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead.
Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.
I just have a thing for writers. Maybe it because I'm just so not a writer.
Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.
It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job.