I’m kind of torn about actress Anne Hathaway, 25. She has been wearing daring, gorgeous outfits that make her look like a rare jewel. She has a very unique exotic look that’s borderline geeky and not cookie cutter at all. There’s something contrived about her, though, and she plays it so safe and saccharine sweet in interviews that you wonder what she’s really like and if she has a personality behind her giant eyes and wide mouth. Her latest interview, with UK’s Hello!, is kind of eyeroll-inducing in that she gives such bland, non-committal responses that sound practiced and trite. She’s smart though, and seems to be trying to maintain control over her public image.
The only interesting thing she said in the interview is that she uses so much perfume on set that it bothers her castmates. I hate when people do that, and too much perfume can give me a headache. I knew there was a reason she got on my nerves. Hathaway is talking to Hello! to promote a new perfume she’s endorsing for Lancome. She also says that she’s a fan of Amy Winehouse and enjoys reading and hiking:
Anne, you’ve achieved so much success in such a short time. How has it changed your life?
“It’s been a change for the good, and at times a change for the worse. Success at a young age can make you cautious. During a time most people are tying to find themselves, I was always hyper-aware of responsibilities. It’s nothing to really complain about; it’s just the reality.”You are famous for trying to keep your private life private. Why is that?
“That’s definitely my choice. I don’t ever want to be described as a personality. There are people who enjoy the spotlight and having their picture taken, but I’m really not one of them. If I don’t have something to talk about that I’m proud of, it makes me uncomfortable to receive that kind of attention… I believe in privacy.”What do you do in your spare time between films?
“I love hiking – to escape into the open air gives me such a sense of freedom. I love nature and so it’s always relaxing to disconnect in the middle of nowhere. Reading is something I enjoy very much as it also helps me relax and reading is a way of traveling in your mind. And listening to Amy Winehouse. Her voice is incredible and she had the wonderful ability to revisit classic blues with so much modernity.”I understand that sometimes you use scent as a way into a character
“Absolutely. For me, scent is very important for my characters. I don’t feel like I’ve found them unless a few elements are in place and one of them is their fragrance. I played one character and her scent was lavender for the entire film. I think everyone was happy when the movie wrapped!”
[From Hello! Magazine, print edition, October 14, 2008]
I wouldn’t say Hathaway is famous for valuing her privacy. She dragged her conman boyfriend around to many events and was even photographed giving him a faux-BJ on a boat for the nearby paparazzi. She does get it right when she says she doesn’t “want to be described as a personality.” How would you describe her then? Well dressed? Prompt? Beautiful?
Hathaway also says she’s a tomboy who always loved to act, and calls Brokeback Mountain her favorite film to have worked on and says “it’s as perfect a movie as can be made.”
Did Anne’s scent overpower you? She’s a great actress but it’s hard to tell who she is exactly. She’s got her look going for her at least.
Anne Hathaway is shown at Elle’s Women in Hollywood event on 10/6/08. Credit: WENN
That’s a real “to hell with you” attitude with regard to fragrance. Many people are ultra sensitive/allergic and can suffer from nausea, vomiting, headaches etc. and it is recognized to be considered an unsafe working condition to the degree that many companies have a ‘no-scent’ policy in the workplace.
That being said, I understand movie sets aren’t the most labour-forward and safety-conscious places to work.
As for this whole ‘getting into character’ thing of method acting. Actors such as Anthony Hopkins and Liam Neeson have a few things to say about it, namely: ‘can’t actors just show up and act?’ – fragrance free
i love her shoes!
Anne’s pluses: Girl knows how to dress, she was great on SNL and she doesn’t look cookie-cutter.
Anne’s minuses: Girl does not know how to do her make-up, has horrible taste in men, and seems very snooty.
Overall: Meh, but pending more info.
She looks good.. glad she is losing some weight.
Is there another part of the interview where she said she used large amounts of perfume and it bothered her co-workers? Trust me, I hate that more than anyone (in fact, I have to deal with it every day and when I said something very nicely about it, my co-worker suggested the fragrance that was bothering me was the Lysol sprayed in the bathroom! She still smells like fragrance every day!) It’s rude and can be unsafe. However, it doesn’t sound like she did that specifically… maybe she found out afterwards that someone got tired of the smell of lavender? I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like lavender essential oil (if it’s the real thing and not synthetic) but I’m sure there’s someone out there that doesn’t like it. I’m just saying that’s just one interpretation of what she said. 🙂
Needs a nose job…
I want her shoes. I now have to go find a pair of knock offs because that is all I’ll ever be able to afford.
Boring, bland and trite. Next please…
Those shoes are gorgeous….
cool shoes!
Gah. I’m allergic to perfume (and most chemical scents) to the point that I have to breathe through my hands if I’m walking by the perfume counter at the mall– or else experience the lovely sensation of my trachea closing into a pinhole.
And for Pete’s sake, unless they plan on bringing back Smell-o-Vision in the near future, what’s the friggin’ point of wearing a scent to capture a character?!
Oh Rio! I’m the same with racing past the perfume counters. It can be bad anywhere in public, I have knocked over little old ladies in my panic to get away.
I would like to publicly apologize, I am not mean or crazy, just trying to breathe. Sorry!
I hope she never ever gets plastic surgery. It’s ridiculous. She is a gorgeous woman the way she is. Except that dress is horrible.
Love, love, love the shoes. I like her outfit too and her fashion sense in general. I’m with Kaiser though as regards Anne herself. The jury’s still out.