I love Gillian Anderson and I know she went through something beyond Hell in her early career ... but I hate listening to her hate on XFiles and on herself in that role so much.
I understand WHY she does it and I understand what it means for her and why she kind of has to hate it and why she can't deeply appreciate it ... especially when it's been absolutely awful for her ... beyond awful from minute one.
I get tired of how much she hates it and how much she rags on it as if it has no value.
@thewebrecluse For some reason, I'm reminded of that passage in the Bible that says something like "Drive not your children to wrath."
When someone gets abused, it can color their thoughts, their actions, ever after.
Part of why people shouldn't be shits, is it makes _other_ people be driven to wrath and that doesn't exactly put us at our best.
I mean, look how curmudgeonly and cynical I've gotten. I have to fight my own scars even when I try to do good. Maybe, her too.
@AskTheDevil What Gillian went through I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy ... no one deserves that hell of being "the first woman to" etc etc ... the stuff that was said about her, how she was treated for DECADES ... I understand the anger and the disgust she has ... it's just directed at the WRONG PERSON.
@AskTheDevil I can't imagine what it feels like for her to have been such an inspiration for young women in science while at the same time HATING herself, her character, dealing with such deep misogyny and sexual harassment and absolute disrespect from people she was working with. How can you have pride about being a role model in a role where you suffered so much? I get it. It's impossible. She became this hard woman to protect herself. I get that too. But hating that "weaker" self is not it.