Terry Gross
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Do you mind if I bring it up because you talk about it in the book?
So you have, and this is a mouthful, frontal fibrosing alopecia.
Would you describe what they are?
So, and you have some like brown marks on your chest.
So if you're shirtless in a scene, the makeup people really have to go to work.
So how is it affecting both your self-image and your career?
So I have to ask you about the cover of your book.
And the book is called Actress of a Certain Age.
And you're pictured on it wearing your regular glasses, but over your head, you're wearing like a headscarf, not like an Islamic headscarf, but just like the kind of headscarf that women wore a lot in like 1950s movies.
And I'll reference in particular here, Imitation of Life with Lana Turner.
I remember her wearing a lot of like scarves like this.