INTERVIEW – Unforgettable in American Bluff, Big Eyes, Premier Contact or the series Sharp Objects, The American actress plays a mother in the midst of an existential crisis in Nightbitch, by Marielle Heller, available on Disney+.
From the difficulty of leading the intimate and the professional to the impossibility of communicating his discomfort, Nightbitch is a feminist fable with fantastic accents dissects the upheavals linked to maternity with a stripping humor.
Madame Figaro. – My news?
Nightbitch, Adapted from Rachel Yoder's novel, takes a unique look at maternity, by attacking subjects that we still consider taboos: frustration, anxiety, dissatisfaction, or the feeling of losing his identity – which can Touch mothers despite the love they have to their child.
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My character?
A woman who abandoned her artist's life to raise her child. It is lost, swimming in full confusion, but frees frustrations by transforming into dogs at night …
What do I share with her?
Many things resonate in me. What woman has never felt trapped in the injunctions to perfection? What woman has never claimed that everything was going well rather than formulating her needs, shortcomings and desires? And this, until reaching the point of rupture.
Why should we look Nightbitch ?
To understand the mental burden that weighs on women. I think, for example, that we should further enhance those who choose to be a housewife. But for such social progress to occur, we would need more women in positions of responsibility.
My mental charge of the moment? Ask me what future will have my daughter in the United States
Amy Adams
My mental charge of the moment?
Ask me what the future will have my daughter in the United States. But I try to keep hope and also to focus on the positive: speech has freed itself in connection with violence against women, and gender inequalities in the professional sphere, for example, are reduced.
Still sacred fire?
Yes, but balance is sometimes difficult to find. When my daughter was little, she accompanied me on the shootings, but at 14, she can no longer miss the school. I manage to reconcile everything, but I know where my priority is: missing precious moments with it is a much greater sacrifice than renouncing a role.
Talking about me in an interview, is this a chore?
It's counter-intuitive. We do this job to get into the shoes of others, escape from ourselves. The promotion goes against this natural inclination by constantly bringing us back to us.
What woman has never claimed that everything was going well rather than formulating her needs, shortcomings and desires?
Amy Adams
Do I lie in interview?
Do I tell journalists everything that goes through my head? Of course not! Often, I want to answer with a joke, but I keep it for myself. I learned that it didn't always go well on paper …
Do I lie in life?
There are things that it is best not to tell his friends, his spouse, his family. I have a teenager at home and, without censoring myself, I am vigilant with the words I use. My intentions are always good, but at this age, we can perceive the words of his mother in short. It's a balancingist game.
The last time I was proud of myself?
During an exchange with my daughter, precisely. I knew how to listen to it and reassure it on delicate subjects. I am proud that she has confidence to come to me.
It would be more necessary to enhance those who choose to be a housewife
Amy Adams
What would I like to change in me?
I would like to be proud of me more often! Women often find it difficult to congratulate themselves on their success. In a book on parenting, I read this advice from which I would have liked to benefit younger and that I apply with my daughter … When she does something, I do not say to her: “I am proud of you”, But “you should be proud of yourself”. His successes belong to him.
Nightbitch, by Marielle Heller, on Disney+.
