Étiquette : gillian anderson

Gillian Anderson: ‘There were times when life was really bad’

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“Well,” she smiles, “I’ve definitely deliberately slowed down. Because I kept hearing myself say, ‘I’ve got to slow down, I’ve got to slow down, I’ve got to slow down.’ I must have said that for 10 years, or maybe even 20 years. I was just sick and tired of hearing myself. I just thought, why do I do this to myself, and why have I done it for so long? People would laugh at me because I’d be like, ‘I had an extra 10 minutes, so I stopped in to say hi, you know.’ It became enough of a joke among my friends that I had to start paying attention to it. So one of the things I try really hard now to do is, no matter what, after I drop the kids, I go back home so I can meditate.”

Why has she always pushed herself so hard? “Well, the bigger-picture part is that I’m responsible for quite a lot of people financially, so it’s that. But it’s also a little bit of fear of what happens when one slows down. When I think about an empty period of time, fear comes up. I’m quite good at being on my own, so it’s not necessarily fear of myself, but probably fear of facing those things like: why do I drive myself so hard?”

Does she really compile a list of things to feel grateful for every day? “Yes! I do a gratitude list every night. I mean, it’s in my head now, but I go through stages where I think I’m just complaining all the time again. It’s too floating in my head, it needs to be on paper.” Complaining all the time is “probably one of the things I struggle with most. I suffer from great intolerance. Such intolerance of so much.” Such as? “Oh, intolerance of myself. Intolerance of situations. Intolerance of people on the street. Intolerance of whatever. So I have to constantly settle myself down from the state of being aggravated.”

Gillian Anderson: ‘There were times when life was really bad’

The media take it as a given that GA is in a relationship with PM, she doesn’t deny the rumors although it would be the easiest thing to do instead she says she will do whatever the fuck she wants, his appearance at her event reinforces the rumors so what’s your theory? Her team wanted them to appear as a couple? It’s a showmance? I can’t find any other explanation, it’s either a showmance or a real romance bc the theory that the PR was backfired doesn’t make sense anymore. What do you think?

To be honest, I think I’m done making theories, I don’t know what’s going on. All I know is that he was here. He left with someone else. She left on her own an hour or so after him. I didn’t see them interact or anything. I didn’t see him interact with her daughter either. He apparently briefly talked to a few fans, refused to take pictures and rushed somewhere.

If he’s acknowledged the way he is on the book, I guess it’s not for a personal purpose. That doesn’t make any sense to me. Which means he had to help at some point. Which could maybe explain why he was here yesterday. It’s was the biggest British public event for the book, so why not. Plus, I know there was a handful of other famous faces in the panel (I’ve been told that, I didn’t see them myself and I probably wouldn’t have recognized anyone anyway. I suck at recognizing people) so there’s that.

I don’t believe for one second it’s a showmance. I don’t believe it’s a romance either. None of what happened in the last few months has shown any sign of love and care and tenderness or whatever a showmance or a romance should show.
So I’d go for the third option, which is… something else…