International star Catherine Zeta-Jones tells Al-Mawed: I would have loved to be a musician or a singer
My son and daughter are the most important thing in my life
I like to play roles that are far from my personality.
I love the piano and my daughter plays it better than me.
I am hard on myself in the face of difficulties
I know my husband well and he is innocent of the harassment charge
She was one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood, especially in the nineties of the last century, when she starred in the movie "The Mask of Zorro", which made her famous. This was followed by the release of several of her films, and then the world was surprised by her marriage to the famous actor "Michael Douglas", although he is twenty-five years older than her, as they were born on September 25, but there is a 25-year difference between them. Since her childhood, her health was unstable, and after her youth, she suffered from psychological illnesses, but it seems that she has now recovered from that. She also recently appeared at the "Golden Globes" ceremony, where she introduced her father-in-law, actor "Kirk Douglas", who is now 102 years old and came in a wheelchair amidst the audience's applause.
Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is 48 years old and still very beautiful. When I met her recently, I asked her if actors generally have a lot of power or influence in their work, especially when their fame grows... She replied, "For actresses, especially now, they have a power that is almost equal to that of men, and this is what we see today in other fields, not just in acting. This power should be used for the benefit of society and not for the benefit of one individual or another. We even see this in several films that talk about the power and influence of women."
I told her that she had been living in America for about twenty years and that she was of course English, born and raised in England, but what were her feelings towards her mother country? She said that she still felt that she was completely English and that England was her country. For example, she said that she would go with her two sons and her husband to visit her country, and they visit England almost every year and meet Catherine's father and mother, who welcome them very much.
I asked her about her life with her two sons and how she deals with them. She said that the most important thing in her life is her two sons, more important than her work. In fact, all she wants in her life is to see them righteous, successful and in good health. She said that she spends most of her time with them, guiding them as much as possible, and she is proud of that. Her son is now enrolled in a very respectable university and his grades are high, and her daughter is following the same path, and she is completely satisfied with the direction they are taking. I asked her, do they want to pursue acting as a career? She said, yes, her son has wanted to pursue acting since he was young and she is completely confident that he will succeed in that. As for her daughter, she is following in her brother’s footsteps and is satisfied with them. Her eyes are always on them so that they can succeed in their career.
I asked her how she deals with roles that are completely different from her feelings if the role requires it, and she said these are the roles she wants. She continued, “If the role requires me to be a criminal or a hypocrite, these are the types of roles I like because they make me step out of my life and take on the character of another person, and this requires effort and analysis. I am happy when I succeed in embodying these roles, because this requires different tones of voice, facial expressions, and body movements that suit the character I am presenting.”
The conversation turned to music, and she said that music is her life and she loves music, especially the piano. She has been playing the piano since she was young, and she loves to sing, and her daughter plays the piano as well. She says that her daughter plays the piano better than her, and they often play the piano together. Her first passion was to be a musician or a singer, but life circumstances pushed her to become an actress, and she does not regret that, because when she is alone, she goes to the piano and plays and sings to herself. I asked her if her love of music helped her to become an actress, and she said she thinks so, because music requires training and a precise system that you may not notice at first, but after a period of training, you realize that music requires more than a beautiful voice or a feeling for different melodies.
I asked her how she chooses the roles in the films she wants to act in... She said that she is passionate about the dark side of public life, such as crimes, wars, or the tragedies of life and the lives of the miserable in this world, so she looks for stories that are told and revolve around these topics. It is not easy to find these stories to act in, but when she finds the appropriate scenario, she sticks to it to act it out.
I told her that life is all about struggle and you look at life from this point of view, so what is your opinion and the nature of your morals in facing the difficulties of life? She said that she is tough on herself and others in facing the difficulties of life, and if she happens to face difficulties, she does not hesitate to face them and overcome them. She went on to say that it is possible that this is due to her English nature, which is what made her reach what she has reached until now.
Finally, I asked her about the subject of the woman who accused her husband, the actor Michael Douglas, of harassing her, about twenty-five years ago when they were working together. She said that she knows her husband well, and he could not have harassed any woman, and he also denied it publicly. She is absolutely certain that this is nothing but a figment of this woman’s imagination. In any case, what this woman says is that it happened a very long time ago, before they met each other, that is, before she met Michael Douglas. She is absolutely certain that what this woman says has no basis in truth.
Hollywood - George Doss