Patricia Arquette was advised to drop some pounds for her position in ‘Medium’.
The 51-year-old actress starred as Allison DuBois within the supernatural drama – which was primarily based on the writer and medium of the identical title, who claims to have psychic skills – from 2005 to 2011, and has revealed she was requested to slim down for the position regardless of her protests concerning the character having three youngsters.
She advised The Hollywood Reporter: ”I had an argument with one of many producers on ‘Medium,’ who advised me I ought to drop some pounds. I used to be like, ‘This girl is a mom, she’s married, she’s bought three youngsters. No.’ But there’s that expectation … of wanting a sure manner. Like, ‘OK, you can be 40, however you have to be a 40 who appears to be like 30.”’
The star gained an Emmy award for her time on the present, however beforehand claimed awards do not actually matter to her.
She stated: ”I feel [awards matter]. You’re particular of their eyes. But on the finish of the day, it does not matter to you … it issues, however your youngsters are nonetheless ‘I’m sick.’ … Your life goes on, you could have soiled laundry.”
Patricia additionally bagged an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress on the 2015 Academy Awards for her position in ‘Boyhood’, and believes her win modified individuals’s notion of her.
She defined: ”Winning an Oscar adjustments individuals’s notion of you. If I may return to the morning after the speech and inform myself one thing that I do know now, I’d say: ‘You know what, breathe deep. It’s all going to be OK. You could also be human and flawed and make errors, however your intention is nice. Your intention is to shine a lightweight. Your intention is to activate, agitate. Start individuals speaking, and that may be a good begin.”’
