She Knows – October 2009

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Motherhood: life meets art
By:Vicki Salemi

In their latest flick, Motherhood, Uma Thurman portrays an urbanite mom juggling the challenges, trials and tribulations of managing the household and marriage. She is navigating raising two kids and the madness of alternate street parking rules. Minnie Driver plays her British single mom sidekick.

We caught up with the prolific actresses to dish about — you guessed it: Motherhood, both in life and on screen.
SheKnows: What does motherhood mean to each of you?

Uma Thurman: The greatest love I’ve never known. Love is it. It’s costly, it’s challenging and it’s wonderful.

SheKnows: What advice would you give moms to create a balance?

Uma Thurman: Just do your best. I don’t know how else to say it, forgive yourself, try to enjoy yourself.

SheKnows: Do the kids realize how hard it is?

Uma Thurman: You don’t want them to. If they think the mother’s being beaten down, that makes them very vulnerable because they depend on you. They know they need you to survive. You’re their survival.
Attack of the Mamarazzi!

SheKnows: Can you talk a little bit about challenges filming with the paparazzi or in this case, the “mamarazzi?”

Uma Thurman: Yeah, we had mamarazzi on the set, real and imagined… digital cameras have been the worst things because at least in the old days when they had to pay for the film they’d try to get a shot and go away.

SheKnows: I thought it was interesting in the movie your character lost a sense of identity through her writing. What advice would you give moms who may have also lost their identity?

Uma Thurman: Just know you’re in the same boat as the rest of us. It’s a very crowded boat. I don’t know where those identities have gone actually, they’re on their own little boat…have you seen my identity? Last seen on September 12th: my identity (chuckles).

Source: She Knows