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No Regrets
RD: You’re talking about the paparazzi?Zellweger: Yeah, there’s this whole network. You start to recognize them, and it’s like, You’re not invited. I have a fitting, then I have to go meet this director to discuss the next project, then I have an interview, and I’m going to go for a run. And you’re not invited. But they’ll come with you all day. I don’t want to feed the fishes. I also don’t want to be one of those people who are sour about it. So I decided I’d just leave.
RD: Since the last time we talked, you won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Cold Mountain. Did it make you feel more secure in this business?
Zellweger: Oh, no. I didn’t think, If only one day that happened, then I’d know. It still feels like video playback that doesn’t belong to me.
RD: Did it make it easier to say no to things?
Zellweger: Before I earned the right to say no, I said no because I knew what it would lead to.
RD: So you said to yourself …
Zellweger: I don’t want the first shot of the movie to be a close-up on my naked breast because what that leads to doesn’t have a place in my life. “[Older brother] Drew, Dad, Mom, there’s a premiere tonight. You want to come?” I have to keep that in mind. I knew what I didn’t want my life to be about, and that’s all you can control.
RD: Have you regretted any of your choices?
Zellweger: In work? No, because I’ve never compromised myself. Has something been not really quite what I had hoped for? Of course. But do I regret spending the time? No. Do I regret the relationships that have developed as a result? No. So no regrets.
RD: Do you feel the same way about your personal choices? No regrets?
Zellweger: You always have that moment where you go, Oh, God. But in the long run, no way. A friend of mine once wrote, “I embrace my mistakes. They put me in the right direction.” And I think, Well then, they’re not really mistakes, are they? They’re learning experiences. And thank God for them. Because who wants to leave as dumb as you started?
RD: The other big thing that occurred since we last talked was that you married. You’re not married anymore. What do you say to all those people who want to know what happened?
Zellweger: I don’t say anything, because there’s nothing to add. I got married, and I’m not married. Not everything works out like you might hope, and I’m not the first person to have disappointment in my life.
RD: You have said that though it wouldn’t be your first choice, you’d be okay with being single your whole life.
Zellweger: I don’t want to sound cavalier by saying that I’m okay with my situation, because I’m not a frivolous person and don’t take on something of such significance lightly. But there’s good in every situation. It sounds simplistic, but I still have the good things that have always been in my life.
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