Gillian Anderson
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Podcast Appearances
I think I literally, out of my mouth, I was like, really? That's what you're going to fucking ask me?
I think 20 of our episodes, 20 of our 220 episodes were about those hieroglyphics.
I think 20 of our episodes, 20 of our 220 episodes were about those hieroglyphics.
I think 20 of our episodes, 20 of our 220 episodes were about those hieroglyphics.
It was, you know what happens when you're on a long journey running show is everything becomes so enmeshed and not incestuous, but you literally feel like you're living and breathing this, you know, the entire crew, the entire experience. And so I think by the time we were done after, you know, we did nine years and I think I was well ready for it to be over. And it took me a while to
It was, you know what happens when you're on a long journey running show is everything becomes so enmeshed and not incestuous, but you literally feel like you're living and breathing this, you know, the entire crew, the entire experience. And so I think by the time we were done after, you know, we did nine years and I think I was well ready for it to be over. And it took me a while to
It was, you know what happens when you're on a long journey running show is everything becomes so enmeshed and not incestuous, but you literally feel like you're living and breathing this, you know, the entire crew, the entire experience. And so I think by the time we were done after, you know, we did nine years and I think I was well ready for it to be over. And it took me a while to
to properly think of... I think I compartmentalized it. I so wanted to get off it and start doing the things that I thought my career was going to be before I said yes to that job. So I, you know, I imagined I'd be doing Merchant Ivory films and I imagined I'd be doing all this, you know.
to properly think of... I think I compartmentalized it. I so wanted to get off it and start doing the things that I thought my career was going to be before I said yes to that job. So I, you know, I imagined I'd be doing Merchant Ivory films and I imagined I'd be doing all this, you know.
to properly think of... I think I compartmentalized it. I so wanted to get off it and start doing the things that I thought my career was going to be before I said yes to that job. So I, you know, I imagined I'd be doing Merchant Ivory films and I imagined I'd be doing all this, you know.
And so I really wanted to, on the one hand, forget that that happened and bounce off it to the stuff that I really wanted to do. But then... You know, it was probably about five years when I suddenly... Because when you're doing something like that, all anybody says is, oh, my God, the show, oh, my God, it's the most amazing. And you don't want to hear that anymore.
And so I really wanted to, on the one hand, forget that that happened and bounce off it to the stuff that I really wanted to do. But then... You know, it was probably about five years when I suddenly... Because when you're doing something like that, all anybody says is, oh, my God, the show, oh, my God, it's the most amazing. And you don't want to hear that anymore.
And so I really wanted to, on the one hand, forget that that happened and bounce off it to the stuff that I really wanted to do. But then... You know, it was probably about five years when I suddenly... Because when you're doing something like that, all anybody says is, oh, my God, the show, oh, my God, it's the most amazing. And you don't want to hear that anymore.
You don't want... You don't... You've heard it so much. And then I suddenly got what they were talking about, like, five years after the show ended. I was kind of like... yeah, that was kind of cool. Like I was on this really cool show.
You don't want... You don't... You've heard it so much. And then I suddenly got what they were talking about, like, five years after the show ended. I was kind of like... yeah, that was kind of cool. Like I was on this really cool show.
You don't want... You don't... You've heard it so much. And then I suddenly got what they were talking about, like, five years after the show ended. I was kind of like... yeah, that was kind of cool. Like I was on this really cool show.
But you need time to reckon with it. You need time and space to be able to figure out what it actually means to you because for the last however long you've been hearing what it means to everybody else. Yeah.
But you need time to reckon with it. You need time and space to be able to figure out what it actually means to you because for the last however long you've been hearing what it means to everybody else. Yeah.
But you need time to reckon with it. You need time and space to be able to figure out what it actually means to you because for the last however long you've been hearing what it means to everybody else. Yeah.
But it takes, you know, it takes a while. It takes focus. It takes, you know, saying no to a lot of stuff, but it also, I remember at the beginning, one of the first things that I, cause after the series ended, I didn't know if I could be on a set again. I didn't know that for myself. It just felt, so I knew that I just needed to get away from Los Angeles and set.