Sarah Jessica Parker - Exclusive Interview

18-03-2006 15:24

When you think Sarah Jessica Parker, you think Carrie Bradshaw. But there is a lot more to her than sex and a city.

Born in Nelsonville, Ohio in 1965, SJP was the fourth of eight children, and started performing at an early age. Her family moved to New Jersey when she was 11-years-old and she's been considered a New Yorker ever since.

The glamorous 40-year-old has been linked with many men over the years including Robert Downey Jr and John Kennedy Jr, but it's her marriage to 'Ferris Bueller' himself, Matthew Broderick, that has millions of women wanting to be in her shoes. The couple - who have one son, James, together - tied the knot in 1997 and haven't looked back.

SJP is not only one of the most admired actresses in Hollywood, but is also an admirable human being, involved in a number of charitable and political causes including UNICEF and AIDS research. There is no way anyone can accuse this multi-award winning mother of resting on her Manolo Blahnik kitten heels.

It's been two years since Sarah Jessica Parker finished filming her smash hit HBO show 'Sex and the City', but even before then she was well established as a leading lady. With such diverse films as 'Mars Attacks', 'L.A. Story', 'Ed Wood' and 'State And Main' on her CV, it's always been abundantly clear that she can handle whatever role is thrown at her.

And, as she explains to Femalefirst, her new film 'Failure To Launch' is no exception.

Failure to Launch sounds like a movie about impotence...

That would be a fair and natural assumption - or astronauts! I was actually quite concerned about the title originally for exactly that reason. I saw lots of critics just having a field day.

So it's a common confusion?

Absolutely. I get that a lot outside of the US but over there it's a phrase that's used for the growing phenomenon of guys staying at home with their parents long past what's considered to be an appropriate age.

Do you think the right woman change the way a man is?

I would say that anybody that thinks they can really change another person is slightly misguided. I have so many female friends who date men that have warning signs all over them and they really feel that they are uniquely gifted in some way that they will be the person that finally fixes whatever flaw they have.
I find men far more complicated and interesting than that of course.

What was the sign with your husband, Matthew Broderick, which made you know that he was the one?

Well to be honest I'm not certain that you are ever really certain of those things. I definitely recognised that he some qualities that I thought were wonderful and I probably didn't even know that I was looking for them until they were right in front of me. I think they were similar qualities to what my mother saw in my father.

So it's a marriage made in heaven?

We don't pretend to hold our marriage up as a model by which everybody else should judge their but we're very happy. I'm not saying that we don't disagree about things or that I don't annoy him constantly, as I'm certain I do, and that there aren't endless issues that enter into things, like, the toilet seat, or picking up his laundry. But for the most part, we seem to have figured it out.

Would you date a guy that lived at home with his parents? Or would that depend on how attractive he was?

It's very hard imaging being single again, but I tend not to be someone who bases my opinion on something as simple or superficial as someone being hot. If someone did still live at home and they were all grown up but they were really smart, witty, interesting and had a legitimate reason for being there it wouldn't be an issue. I would feel comfortable dating them. I don't know if I'd feel comfortable going into their bedroom and closing the door though... I think that might make me feel weird especially if the parent were there.

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