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Just watched My Week With Marilyn (finally) and now all I want to do is sashay around to Heat Wave and speak in a breathless Marilyn Monroe-esque voice.

And Michelle, so amazing.

Michelle Williams talks about her third Oscar nomination on the Today Show. Such a good interview. Was I the only one who noticed that she was asked much better questions than the other Oscar-nominated actresses? I saw one of Rooney’s and it was just the endless typical “what was your reaction?” and “how do you feel right now?” questions.

Interviewer: When you got up there at the Golden Globes, you thanked your daughter, Matilda, and so I was wondering, because you’ve also described this role as really the hardest for you so far,  how does your daughter get credit for your being in this position now- being so lauded for this role and how you portrayed it?

Michelle: She gives me balance. And I know that any risks that I take in my work are actually in a way- they’re safe, because nothing really bad can happen there. And my success as a parent is what matters most to me.

Interviewer: Is there a part of [Marilyn], given her ability in the past to grab onto people, that’s clearly portrayed in this movie, is there a part of her that you cannot let go fully?

Michelle: In some ways, something that I really love about acting is that you never really have to say goodbye. And that as long as it’s not destructive or harmful to your personal, daily waking life, there’s a way to keep people, characters, situations, events close in your heart, and I kind of feel that way with her, maybe more than everybody I’ve ever played, because she was real and in some ways I feel to let go of her is an abandonment that I don’t want her to suffer again.

The My Week With Marilyn Oscar hopeful gets the full GQ cover treatment this month, and nestled within an otherwise painfully teary profile is this anecdote about Michelle Williams’s hang time on the Oz: The Great and Powerful set: She’s “going to James Franco school.” James Franco is teaching his castmates! And unsurprisingly, he’s a talented professor, or at least a very good book club leader. Franco recommended short story writer Grace Paley to Williams (“She is going to be your favorite — I can tell”) and Williams confirms, “She absolutely is.” Aw, that’s actually very thoughtful of young James. One follow-up question: When will the James Franco School be accepting applications, and will a series of Franco-related blog posts be sufficient for the essay?

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I want to enrol in this school too, Michelle.

charadesninja:

“I consider myself a mother first and an actress second and so the person I most want to thank is my daughter, my little girl.”

MICHELLE WILLIAMS | Golden Globe Acceptance Speech 2012

Yay Michelle!

(via fuckyeahmichellewilliams)

Michelle on the February cover of Vogue Germany.

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