Glenn Close reflects on being a single mother as a full-time actor: ‘If you’re a working parent, you always feel torn’
msn.comGlenn Close is a legendary actress whose career in film and television spans more than four decades. But above all else, she is also a mother.
In an interview with Glamour published on 6 May, the award-winning actress reflected on the difficulties of working full-time as a single mother, and society’s standards for women as they age.
In 1987, Glenn Close received critical acclaim for her role as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction. As her career was taking off, Close gave birth to her daughter Annie just one year after the blockbuster film was released. “I feel, speaking for myself, that once you’ve given birth, as a woman, you will always be cut in half, as far as your kids are concerned,” Close told Glamour. “And if you’re a working parent, you always feel torn, and trying to maintain a balance.
Annie, when she was about three, she came up to me one day and she said, ‘I want you. I want all of you. ’Close recalled: “I knew exactly what she meant, because at the time, even if I was home, if I was working on something, I would be preoccupied.
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