Michelle Williams, 42, admits she’s still taking acting classes even though she’s been nominated four times for an Oscar: ‘It’s all technical’
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Michelle Williams, 42, has four Academy Award nominations to her name but admitted she still takes acting classes.
The actress has had a distinguished career spanning 30 years with credits in films such as Manchester by the Sea and My Week with Marilyn, but she continues to hone her craft.
Speaking as a panelist on the MoMA Contenders series, Williams revealed she has even more to learn.
Speaking as a panelist on the MoMA Contenders series, Michelle Williams revealed she is still taking acting classes
Her new film: She stars in director Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans
“I’m taking acting classes,” the actress said candidly, according to… IndieWire. “It’s not like calling my name. It’s all technical. It’s about your body and intentions and super-objections.’
She said the acting classes help her mental health: “Sometimes I think it’s just a way to calm yourself down and feel like you deserve to be there somehow when you show up.”
The Dawson’s Creek actress discussed the technicalities of acting: “I think there’s a technicality you build, and then it stops because once you start filming and capturing things, you can’t keep building.”
Radiant and radiant: The award-winning actress looked stunning at the MoMA screening of The Fabelmans – her performance in the biopic is reportedly nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Actress category
“Then you must be in a different frame of mind,” she continued. ‘You build as much as you can and then that goes into another.’
The actress – who recently gave birth to her third child, her second with husband Thomas Kail, in October – said she was inspired by The Sound of Music actress Julie Andrews.
“Julie Andrews is almost too good to be true. The great thing about having kids is you’re still watching those movies,” Williams added.
“I just always go back to Julie Andrews. That glow is almost too good to be true. But she was real. I have to compliment my 17-year-old who has a framed photo of Julie Andrews in her bedroom.”
Dreamteam: The award-winning actress posed with the director behind The Fabelmans — Steven Spielberg — at the Closing Night Premiere in Hollywood
The 17-year-old she named is her daughter Matilda, who she had with the late Heath Ledger. Williams also has a son – Hart, two – with director Thomas Kail, 44.
The actress reportedly met the Hamilton director while they were working on the set of Fosse/Verdon which was filmed in 2018. At the time, they were still married to their respective partners.
After their respective divorces, they were seen at a maternity shop in London in late 2019 buying baby clothes.
Family outing: The actress was spotted out for a walk with her husband and their two children a few weeks ago after she gave birth to their second child in October
On the same day, People confirmed that they were a couple and also engaged and expecting their first child together. Williams’ daughter Matilda is said to have played “matchmaker” for the couple.
In 2020, Thomas Kail was spotted wearing a wedding ring, sparking rumors that the couple would secretly tie the knot.
Recently, the mother of three has been preparing for the upcoming Academy Awards in 2023.
Although the nominations won’t be announced for a few months, Variety predicts Williams will be in the running for Best Actress for her role as Mitzi Fabelman in Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, which premiered September 10 at the 47th Toronto. International Film Festival. .
The Fabelmans released their theatrical premiere in the United States on Friday.
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