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Melanie Griffith lashes out at 'superficial' Hollywood machine
Fox News ^
| 08.20.13
| By Hollie McKay
Posted on 08/21/2013 7:21:26 PM PDT by Perdogg
She’s one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood. She won the Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for her1988 hit “Working Girl.” She's the daughter of Golden Era star Tippi Hendren and the wife of Antonio Banderas. But Melanie Griffith says today, the work offers have pretty much dried up.
“It is what I never thought would happen when I was in my 20s and 30s, hearing actresses bitch about not getting any work when they turned 50. Now I understand it, it is just different. In a lot of ways, (Hollywood) a very superficial place,” Griffith told FOX411 while promoting her forthcoming independent dark thriller, “Dark Tourist.” “It is all about youth and beauty, for women anyway. You just have to keep biting and pushing your way through, doing theater. I believe in just being really good and working on my craft which is how I started in the first place. I really like that as opposed to the fame part of it.”
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: discrimination; hollywood; melaniegriffith
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:21:26 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
To: DollyCali; Perdogg; EveningStar; Borges; Mr. K; Blondie; altura; mylife; Mama_Bear; Jack Deth; ...
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:22:08 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Cruz-Paul 2016)
To: Perdogg
Can she even act? It seems she is always the same in every role.
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:24:31 PM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: Perdogg
For 20 years or more she was making millions a year.If she managed her money in any reasonable way she's worth many millions at this very moment.It's called saving for a rainy day.I learned it from my Dad,a child of the Depression.
To: Perdogg
You and your political clones made Hollywood what it is, Melanie, enjoy.
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:28:10 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: Perdogg
“It is what I never thought would happen when I was in my 20s and 30s, hearing actresses bitch about not getting any work when they turned 50. Now I understand it, it is just different. In a lot of ways, (Hollywood) a very superficial place,” Melanie have you looked in a mirror and just happened to notice what you've done to your face?
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:30:53 PM PDT
by
RJL
(There's no greed like the greed of a liberal politician buying votes with your money.)
To: Perdogg
” I believe in just being really good and working on my craft which is how I started in the first place. I really like that as opposed to the fame part of it.”
/s ?
lolhag
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:31:51 PM PDT
by
daku
To: Perdogg
shoulda thought about that BEFORE that bad plastic face you bought
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:32:05 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Perdogg
Every generation of female actresses bemoans their fate, realizing that, at one time, they were pretty. Only later do they realize outer beauty fade and that they should have been something more than just an actress.
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:33:14 PM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(http://jonah2eight.blogspot.com/)
To: Navy Patriot
Hey you live by your looks you die by your looks......this is no different then an athletes. You were employed based on the physical
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:34:32 PM PDT
by
tophat9000
(American is Barack Oaken .)
To: daku
One of my big pet peeves is calling acting a “craft.”
To: Perdogg
Maybe the bad cosmetic surgery she had might have something to with it? Oh and the fact that her acting ability was about non existent.
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:40:14 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Perdogg
I think the Brits have a better approach. Actresses age and move to age appropriate roles. Maggie Smith was a hot babe in the Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Othello, but now she’s got even more work than ever in Downton Abbey etc...
To: Tijeras_Slim
Francesca Annis....she was a hottie that aged well. STILL looks good.
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:41:35 PM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
To: Perdogg
I can’t recognize her face at all anymore.
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:42:18 PM PDT
by
chris37
(Heartless.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Oh...and Jenny Agutter....holy cow. Something about that british voice....
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:42:22 PM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
To: Perdogg
To: Perdogg
There's a website called celebrity net worth that says that she's worth $20 million.If she's worth one tenth of that it means that her net worth is greater than 99% of the nation's population.So no sympathy from me....none whatsoever.
To: Perdogg
Wow, what did she do?
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:48:53 PM PDT
by
USS Alaska
(Nuke the terrorist savages, start today.)
To: Perdogg
If this woman could make it why can't you you little twit?
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:49:15 PM PDT
by
DManA
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