Gwyneth Paltrow admits she became an ‘a*shole’ after Shakespeare In Love success… and that turning 40 made her ‘get her head out of her a*s’
Gwyneth Paltrow says she turned in an ‘a*shole’ after starring in Shakespeare In Love.
The Hollywood star – now 46 – won an Academy Award for her role in 1998 movie Shakespeare In Love, in which she played Viola de Lesseps, the lover of William Shakespeare.
She told the recent Sunday Times Style Magazine: ‘Look, I’m famous, I get famous-person treatment.
Famous-person treatment: Gwyneth Paltrow says she turned in an ‘a*shole’ after starring in Shakespeare In Love
‘You don’t want to be an a*shole, but slowly if people start removing obstacles for you, if you live in a world where you never have to sit in line, where people don’t confront you, where they don’t tell you the truth, that’s what you become.
‘That’s what I became after Shakespeare In Love and was, for the moment, the number one female movie star in the world.’
She credits her late father, Bruce Paltrow, for bringing her back down to earth.
‘Luckily, my dad burst my bubble for me in a way that it could never be reconstructed,’ she said. ‘I guess the only regret is that I had to turn 40 to start getting my head out of my a*s.
Height of her fame: The Hollywood star – now 46 – won an Academy Award for her role in 1998 movie Shakespeare In Love
Queen of Hollywood? She played Viola de Lesseps, the lover of William Shakespeare, in the Oscar-winning movie
‘What if I’d been 30? 20? Still, I can only imagine in my 50s how much better it is all going to get.’
She went on: ‘I see so many famous people who are exempt from life, who’ve set up this construct where they don’t really have to risk anything.
‘Usually, because of their ingrained fear of intimacy — and I don’t want to be like that. I want to be in the rough and tumble of life, I don’t want to be exempt.’
The Sliding Doors actress also revealed that she still doesn’t live with husband Brad Falchuk in Los Angeles in order to keep ‘polarity’ in their newly married life.
She said: ‘You don’t want to be an a*shole, but slowly if people start removing obstacles for you, if you live in a world where you never have to sit in line, where people don’t confront you, where they don’t tell you the truth, that’s what you become’ [pictured with Joseph Fiennes in 1999]
Married life: The Sliding Doors actress also revealed that she still doesn’t live with husband Brad Falchuk in Los Angeles in order to keep ‘polarity’ in their newly married life
The founder of Goop, who was wed for the second time in September, admitted that Brad only stays with her for four nights a week, spending the rest of the time at his own house.
She said: ‘Oh, all my married friends that the way we live sounds ideal and we shouldn’t change a thing.’
The actress previously revealed she and the TV writer don’t live together yet because they are trying to navigate their blended family and be respectful of their children.
But the View From The Top star also admitted her intimacy teacher taught her ‘polarity’ to keep the relationship fresh.
Gwyneth shares daughter Apple, 15, and son Moses, 13, with ex-husband Chris Martin, whilst Brad also has a son and daughter from a previous marriage.
Friends: Speaking about the Coldplay rocker’s new girlfriend, Gwyneth gushed to the publication: ‘I adore her. She’s a fantastic woman’
Making it work: Joining them in a celebration of their union on the idyllic getaway was her ex-husband Chris Martin (pictured with their children Apple and Moses)
The Hollywood star shares co-parenting duties to daughter Apple and Moses while also being step-mum to Brad’s children, Brody and Isabella.
But Gwyneth admitted being a step-mum can be ‘tough’ and that things often ‘get complicated’.
Speaking about whether she is a good step-mum, she told the publication: ‘I have no idea. I mean sometimes that piece gets complicated when there are two teenage girls. If you’re not drinking the same Kool-Aid, it can be tough.
‘I do think though, at the end of the day, everyone wants the same thing, which is to feel love and be accepted’.
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