In Terms Of Influence, My Style Icons Have Been A Mixture Of Julie Andrews And Olivia Newton-john. When I Was Little I Used To Watch 'grease,' 'mary Poppins' And 'the Sound Of Music' A Lot. If You Put All Those Things Together You Do Kind Of Get My Outfits. A Slightly Tarty Nanny In A Second-hand Outfit. That Is Pretty Much What I Wear.
Somebody Like Mailer Brings To That Role Everything That He Stands For. The Types Of Characters That I Gravitate Towards, The Types Of Icons, Tend To Have A Heavy Physicality In That Way.
Frankly I've Never Really Subscribed To These Adjectives Tagging Me As An 'icon', 'superstar', Etc. I've Always Thought Of Myself As An Actor Doing His Job To The Best Of His Ability.
Canada Is A Balloon-puncturing Country. You Are Not Really Allowed To Be An Icon Unless You Also Make An Idiot Of Yourself.
That Is What [andy] Warhol Portraits Do: They Elevate The Subject Into An Icon Of The Pop Culture He Was Documenting.
Working With Cate Blanchett, On And Off The Screen, Has Always Been A Highlight For Me. She Embodies The Perfect Combination Of Consummate Actor And World-class Fashion Icon.
There Is A Danger In Becoming An Icon, As People Can See You As Remote And Untouchable, And They Are Less Willing To Tolerate You Doing Things That Don't Fit With Their Preconceived Idea Of You. Iconic Status Can Be Like A Pair Of Handcuffs, Especially If, Like Me, You Wish To Continually Stretch Yourself Creatively, As Warhol Did.
