Julie Andrews: Sexy, Maternal, Theatrical

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Julie AndrewsIn the Los Angeles Times, Matthew DeBord offers what amounts to a promotional puff piece on Julie Andrews ("that bold Andrews sexiness, maternal and theatrical at the same time") and her autobiographical tome Home: A Memoir of My Early Years. (According to DeBord, this Sunday it’ll land on the No. 1 spot among hardcovers tracked by the New York Times.)

The article, does, however, offer a couple of good quotes, the second of which is sexy, maternal, theatrical, and addictive at the same time:

"The success of the book has been dreamlike. But I’ve had a fairly acute shyness and reserve all my life, and now I’ve said to myself, ‘Oh, my God, I’ve got to talk about it!’"

"’To describe now what theater means to me, and what the work feels like, is difficult . . . it is to do with the joy of being a vessel, being used, using oneself fully and totally in the service of something that brings wonder. If only one could experience this every night. It is as great as sex . . . that moment before climax. It is as overwhelming as the mighty ocean. As nurturing as mother’s milk to an infant. As addictive as opium."

 

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