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.
Any further recognition is great because it always brings attention to the films and I just want people to see the movies.
I've always wanted to be leading lady/character actress.
I am going out with some of those search-and-rescues today,
She's all right, otherwise I wouldn't be here,
It's maybe a little sweeter now. Maybe it's a little easier now because I have a life and I hopefully am more secure in mind and body and spirit.
It's like going to someone's country home in the middle of the city.
They think the worst is over, but we have plenty to go. We have disease and the inability to get sustenance to them food and water and they have no sanitary facilities. They have to get out.
But I do really love watching the news and going back and forth between all the news channels. That's really just kind of the highlight of my day.