‘House of Cards’ star Patricia Clarkson dishes on ‘surviving Hollywood’

Patricia Clarkson survived Hollywood.

During an interview with Fox News Digital, Clarkson, 65, she talked about her own real -life experience that her latest movie “Lilly” brought to the surface.

The film is “based on an extraordinary true story of a working -class hero, Lilly Ledbetter, a diligent supervisor to the Alabama tire factory whose unique goal is to raise your family in the middle class”, The movie’s website states

“I’m not 25-year-old. I’ve lived a lot in my life. I survived Hollywood, okay. I’m New Orlean, who now lives in New York,” Clarkson said.

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“For me, Lilly’s journey was a deep emotional journey, a journey filled with quarrels and struggles and finally triumphant, but as I tried, how I worked in my career and still have a career at the age of 65, he is a loss of love. The loss of leaving my family behind in New Orleans.”

“I’m not a 25-year-old woman. I’ve lived a lot in my life. I survived Hollywood, okay.”

– Patricia Clarkson

The film has caused memories of Clarkson’s “fighting” in her life, but it is proud to be “still here” and creating a mark on the entertainment industry.

Downloading the Lilly role was a personal choice for Clarkson. Said Fox News Digital that Lilly Ledbetter was the personal hero of her mother who passed away.

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“Unfortunately, my mother went through and was unable to watch this movie, which was heartily because my mother was powerful. [New Orleans] And Lily Ledbett was one of her heroes. Of course, she raised five daughters. My mother raised five daughters, and we all do women and my sisters are very excellent people.

“I’m just a weak actress. Everyone has a real career and real lives,” Clarkson said with a laugh.

Over a few decades in Hollywood, “House of Tickets” The actress recognizes that women in the industry are treated much differently than when she first started in the late 80s.

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“Oh, exponentially grew up. When I first started, my first movie I made was” untouchable. “Even my makeup artist was a man.

“The industry, it is grown by jumps and borders and women finally really now, we don’t have a completely seat at the table, but we are very, very, close. I think people start to realize that women, we can earn you. We can win a rewards. We can improve your life if you hire us,” Clarkson told us.

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Clarkson had previously described himself as a “single, straight, southern woman” who never married or had children.

During the Fox News Digital interview, she explained that her choice to stay single started at a young age.

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“It’s interesting and you know, it’s pretty shocking, but not.

“I had extraordinary men in my life. Not all of them, but there are quite a few who have just made me a better person and I am very grateful to some extraordinary men I have come out with in my life,” Clarkson said. “Many needed their wife and I knew I wasn’t that.”

Clarkson told Fox News Digital that there are 10 nephews and nephews she “adores” and they continued to have their own children.

“One of my greatest joy in all my life is to be their aunt. And now everyone has these beautiful children who you can eat on a spoon. And that’s enough for me. I love other children. But I think I’m the best single,” Clarkson said.

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Clarkson said there was one man who was considering her marriage, but looking where she is now, she is convinced that the relationship will not succeed. She did not name the man she thought.

“Lilly” Debuts in cinemas 9. May.

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