Gwyneth Paltrow: ‘I’ve Earned Everything Myself’
by Daniel Nussbaum31 Dec 2014Los Angeles, CA
In a wide-ranging interview
with Harper’s Bazaar U.K., Gwyneth
Paltrow told the magazine that her parents, Bruce Paltrow and Blythe
Danner, instilled a strong work ethic in her and that she has “earned
everything” she currently has.
“My father was totally self-made,” Paltrow told Harper’s.
“I grew up with the benefit of a great education and a beautiful house, but my
father always said, ‘ The day you leave, that’s it. You’re not getting
anything,’ and he stuck to it. He was so hardcore about me making my own way…
And it does give you a such a good sense of your capabilities.”
“I’ve earned everything myself, and I’ve never taken any
money from anyone,” Paltrow added. “My father really pounded that into me, so I
got the message.”
While Paltrow is certainly a hard worker, having appeared in
several blockbuster film franchises while starting her own online lifestyle empire, E! Online points
out that Paltrow got her first acting gig in a TV film directed by
her father, 1989’s High. Harper’s also notes that Paltrow
attended an elite Upper East Side school after moving to New York when she was
11 years old.
“I just wanted to do what my mother did,” Paltrow explained
of her acting career. “I grew up watching her in rehearsals and struggling with
lines and weeping with joy after a standing ovation. The camaraderie of the
cast appealed to me so much – and it didn’t have to be on an Oscar-winning
movie.”
Paltrow also weighed in on her critics in the media, telling
the magazine she can’t understand why women gang up on certain public figures,
especially other women.
“Women really need to examine why they’re so vitriolic to
other women; why they want to twist words, why they want to read about someone
else in a negative light and why that feels good to them… But I also know a
huge tribe of women who are loving and supportive of other women, in ways that
are completely transformative.”
Paltrow also reflected on her marriage to Coldplay frontman
Chris Martin, and expressed a tinge of regret when talking of their separation.
“We’ve made a lot of mistakes, and we’ve had good days and
bad days, but I have to say, I’m proud of us for working through so much stuff
together – and not blaming and shaming. Of course, there are times when I think
it would have been better if we had stayed married, which is always what your
children want. But we have been able to solidify this friendship, so that we’re
really close.”
Read the rest of the interview in Harper’s Bazaar here.
Gwyneth
Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow
is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and interviewed by Harper's
Magazine.
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation,
and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
John
D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and the Harper's
Magazine.
Harper
& Row was the owner of the Harper's
Magazine, and the predecessor for HarperCollins.
HarperCollins
is a subsidiary of News Corp.
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