{ telling it like it is. }

[delga]

Good god, I love Thandie.

Telling it like it is. The Scotsman interviewed her and the first thing she talked about was her campaign against celebrities using gas-guzzling cars. I LOVE HER. The interview is wonderful.

"The reason we got our big X5 was it was safe for the kids," the 34-year-old actress says. She and her husband, screenwriter Oliver Parker, have two daughters, six-year-old Ripley (named after the ball-busting heroine of the Alien movies) and two-year-old Nico (named after The Velvet Underground's iconic singer). "But then I was reading a bit more about oil, about how quickly the world is losing that."

[...]

Now she's saying that, asked in a newspaper interview for her biggest status symbol, she said her X5. Asked what she was most ashamed of, she also said her X5. "And I'm gonna change cars before Christmas...

"So Greenpeace called me up and asked if I was really gonna do that. And I said, 'Of course I'm gonna f**king do it.' Who wouldn't? Jesus!"

The rest of the article discusses The Pursuit of Happyness, her early and damaging relationship wth John Duigan, and working with David Schwimmer on Run, Fat Boy, Run. She's vocal and passionate. It's a wonderful article.

Comments

[twincy.livejournal.com]

(Dude, my brother's name is Nico.)

(of course over here, it's simply a nickname for Nicholas, but still!)

Thandie is cute, and environment-friendly. ♥;

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

(It's an asexual name? I know a girl in London called Nico, too. Then again, their other daughter is named after Sigourney Weaver's character from Alien, so.)

*is somewhat obsessed* As T says, I have a serious girl-crush.

[binglexjells.livejournal.com]

She's so cute. & also, quite awesome. And I really want to see Run, Fat Boy, Run.