Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith is an American actress. Griffith began her career as an adolescent in nonspeaking film roles before making her credited debut opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's Night Moves. She rose to prominence for her role in Brian De Palma's Body Double, which earned her a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Griffith's subsequent performance in Something Wildgarnered critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988's Working Girl, which earned her a nomination for the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth9 August 1957
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I'm not a feminist, but I just think it's a really cool process working with a woman as a director.
Most people are telling me I look horrible.
People are not used to seeing an older woman on screen, unless she's playing a character role. Why can't they make a movie about a woman who's forty-five who's falling in love or getting divorced? Why does the leading role always have to be a woman who's twenty-three or twenty-eight?
I don't think I'm beautiful. When I look in the mirror, I just see me - and, I'm pretty used to me.
I think there's something inherently different about working with females. I mean, it's just a different way of looking at life, being a woman. But I think we can handle many things at one time and I don't think that's necessarily true for men.
I don't walk around with fear. I walk around with strength. I believe in cause and effect.
It's not about my career now. It's just about finding great work and having a good time.
There is a place you can touch a woman that will drive her crazy. Her heart.
They bet I wouldn't last four days without having to take a break. So I was determined. I did 98 shows without missing a show.
It's scary. It's just different, you know? I really love it, and the more time that goes by, the more fun it is and the more I understand it. You can't know it until you actually experience it.
I'm not desperate anymore or feeling weird about myself because I'm not working in this business. I'm older and wiser, and there's a lot more to life.
There are no small parts; there are only small actors.
I would be really happy to be working and be able to do my craft.