Julianne Moore, the Hot Ginge Chats with Advocate about Playing Gay

A former indie film queen, Julianne Moore, is known for taking on complex roles in compelling dramas, dark comedies and being a favorite actress of some of the most inventive directors in Hollywood, who just so happen to be gay.

The Oscar nominated actress spoke to the Advocate about her characters unique relationship with the Colin Firth’s gay protagonist in Tom Ford’s acclaimed A Single Man, her gay fan base and what draws her to lesbian characters.

Read an excerpt from the exclusive interview below:

Your sexually ambiguous roles in The Hours, Psycho, and the upcoming Chloe aside, you've also played some outright lesbians, most recently in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee and next in The Kids Are All Right. Is a different sexual inclination from your own ever part of what draws you to a character?
Not necessarily sexual inclination but certainly something different temperament-wise. I was very attracted to playing Kat in Pippa Lee because she’s very tough and inscrutable.

Not because of Kat’s unfortunate lesbian haircut?
My mullet? I chose that mullet, man! It was a half-wig. I was going for a Jane Fonda in Klute thing. In The Kids Are All Right the hair is just like my own hair — long and plain.

When you play a lesbian, do you feel a responsibility to represent the gay community truthfully and respectfully?
Lisa Cholodenko and I talked about that a lot with The Kids Are All Right. It was important for her not to make a politically correct movie. She’s a lesbian, she has a family, and she’s always been out, but that idea of being PC about everything is no longer appealing to her. Thankfully, I really do believe that we’re past all that. You don’t want to be so careful about sexuality that it becomes precious.

For more Moore, including her memories of slapping Madonna for the film Body Evidence and her character in A Single Man, click here to read the full interview on Advocate.com.