Aug 2011
Anger Is Not Your Friend
Filed in: Goldie Hawn
by BeatBoxBetty
WhyAreWeWhispering.com
Goldie Hawn reflects about her film, The Banger Sisters, the truth about sexual energy, how anger is not your friend, apathy and politics, her secrets on looking and feeling great and what the world needs now. Read on!
Q: Your character is pretty far out and gutsy in many respects. Did you have any reservations playing her?
Goldie: First I thought, 'Can I do this?' This was a real fun thing for me to approach...which was language. And we did take some of the language out because some of it was really not good. But we didn't modify her character at all. We kept her tough. And real. And free-flowing...
I was thrilled when I got this role. I thought it was an amazing opportunity to do stuff I've never done. And to kind of - be more grown up. Because a lot of my roles have been about trying to be younger.
Q: But, as far as seeing a mature woman on screen jump a guy (played by Geoffrey Rush) - - you just don't see that in movies. Most of the time some young thang is arm candy for an older man - but never, ever, do you see a woman over 40, let alone 50 want some hot steamy sex!
Goldie: Right! And by the way, in terms of that [sex]...I think any of us at any age are really not aware of age.
Whether we mount our husbands or our boyfriends or however we experience our sexuality - we don't approach them through age. We approach them through pheromones and chemistry and our sexual energy. Therefore those kinds of feelings happen at any age. So that character was sort of an ageless ball of energy and yet, she's older. It was great to bring that to life!
Goldie Hawn in The Banger Sisters
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Q: It is so wonderful to see you and Susan Sarandon really get to show off that sexual energy that so many women in our country repress. But what about the rest of Hollywood? What's the dealio?
Goldie: It's a young business. The advertising world is young. The people who buy tickets are young. Older people don't go out to movies as much as young people do. There are a lot of real reasons for this. We can all sit and cry in our soup and feel sorry for ourselves, letting our egos take over...but if you look at this as a business you realize that if you're going to make a movie for your demographic - just make it for less money. You can't not feed the people what they need - and you can't deprive older people.
Actually, I think this film…makes you feel good. So as far as where Hollywood is on the whole thing - I don't think it's ever been any different and I think it's because it's driven by money. Personally I think it's wrong.
I think women are sexy as they get older and the more we see it in the media, then the more identification will come of it and young girls won't be so afraid of getting old.
But Rome wasn't built in a day - and hopefully we won't blow up the world before we get a chance to find out how we can evolve into a higher species!
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Q: You haven't changed in 30 years. Is it genetics? Good clean living? How do you do it?
GOLDIE: I think it is genetics. My father looked very young. But I also think it's good clean living... exercise, not much drinking, sleep, not burning your candle at both ends, knowing when you're tired, knowing how to love, knowing how to recede love, knowing how to surrender... these things help...
But I pretty much don't get angry. I don't feel that frustration. I am human, but for the most part, I don't remember the last time I felt anger.
Anger will age you faster than anything.
Q: Are you aware that we really can't protest the way we could in the 60s?
GOLDIE: How about that. I went to American University and this woman said, 'Where are all your voices? Where are the voices of the universities? What happened to the days when we would stand up and protest these things?' And it really brought tears to my eyes because we don't anymore. We can't.
We've been repressed into apathy. Because - if you do [stand up and protest] - you're not American. Whoa! It's some heavy stuff.
Q: Are you a political person?
GOLDIE: No. I don't think I am. I am very concerned about the world but much more on a spiritual level. Politics are like movie stars - they come and they go. And some last - some don't.
It's the overall holistic look at the Earth and where ultimately we're going in terms of mass consciousness - that is what I'm most concerned with and worried about.
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Q: Your character is pretty far out and gutsy in many respects. Did you have any reservations playing her?
Goldie: First I thought, 'Can I do this?' This was a real fun thing for me to approach...which was language. And we did take some of the language out because some of it was really not good. But we didn't modify her character at all. We kept her tough. And real. And free-flowing...
I was thrilled when I got this role. I thought it was an amazing opportunity to do stuff I've never done. And to kind of - be more grown up. Because a lot of my roles have been about trying to be younger.
Q: But, as far as seeing a mature woman on screen jump a guy (played by Geoffrey Rush) - - you just don't see that in movies. Most of the time some young thang is arm candy for an older man - but never, ever, do you see a woman over 40, let alone 50 want some hot steamy sex!
Goldie: Right! And by the way, in terms of that [sex]...I think any of us at any age are really not aware of age.
Whether we mount our husbands or our boyfriends or however we experience our sexuality - we don't approach them through age. We approach them through pheromones and chemistry and our sexual energy. Therefore those kinds of feelings happen at any age. So that character was sort of an ageless ball of energy and yet, she's older. It was great to bring that to life!
Goldie Hawn in The Banger Sisters
Courtesy of Fox Searchlight
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Q: It is so wonderful to see you and Susan Sarandon really get to show off that sexual energy that so many women in our country repress. But what about the rest of Hollywood? What's the dealio?
Goldie: It's a young business. The advertising world is young. The people who buy tickets are young. Older people don't go out to movies as much as young people do. There are a lot of real reasons for this. We can all sit and cry in our soup and feel sorry for ourselves, letting our egos take over...but if you look at this as a business you realize that if you're going to make a movie for your demographic - just make it for less money. You can't not feed the people what they need - and you can't deprive older people.
Actually, I think this film…makes you feel good. So as far as where Hollywood is on the whole thing - I don't think it's ever been any different and I think it's because it's driven by money. Personally I think it's wrong.
I think women are sexy as they get older and the more we see it in the media, then the more identification will come of it and young girls won't be so afraid of getting old.
But Rome wasn't built in a day - and hopefully we won't blow up the world before we get a chance to find out how we can evolve into a higher species!
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Q: You haven't changed in 30 years. Is it genetics? Good clean living? How do you do it?
GOLDIE: I think it is genetics. My father looked very young. But I also think it's good clean living... exercise, not much drinking, sleep, not burning your candle at both ends, knowing when you're tired, knowing how to love, knowing how to recede love, knowing how to surrender... these things help...
But I pretty much don't get angry. I don't feel that frustration. I am human, but for the most part, I don't remember the last time I felt anger.
Anger will age you faster than anything.
Q: Are you aware that we really can't protest the way we could in the 60s?
GOLDIE: How about that. I went to American University and this woman said, 'Where are all your voices? Where are the voices of the universities? What happened to the days when we would stand up and protest these things?' And it really brought tears to my eyes because we don't anymore. We can't.
We've been repressed into apathy. Because - if you do [stand up and protest] - you're not American. Whoa! It's some heavy stuff.
Q: Are you a political person?
GOLDIE: No. I don't think I am. I am very concerned about the world but much more on a spiritual level. Politics are like movie stars - they come and they go. And some last - some don't.
It's the overall holistic look at the Earth and where ultimately we're going in terms of mass consciousness - that is what I'm most concerned with and worried about.
* Republished by permission of BeatBoxBetty.com
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