Sarah Jessica Parker puts family first

Honey · May 11th, 2008, 07:20 PM

Sarah Jessica Parker is in movie promo mode so expect to see a lot more of her talking about the Sex and the City movie over the next few weeks. She worked her best bedhead look for this weekend's issue of Parade. In the interview SJP talks a little about the movie — don't worry, no spoilers — and gets chatty about how much she loves her family. Here are highlights:

On the SATC movie: “Carrie and Charlotte and Miranda and Samantha aren’t young anymore. Their lives are much less frivolous. They can’t cope with their problems by putting on their sweats and staying up all night and ordering in food and gossiping about the men in their lives. There is less self-absorption but perhaps a little more self-awareness.”
On raising James Wilkie: “I was really lucky. I think that if I had been raised a child of privilege, I wouldn’t be the working person I am today. I have a great appreciation for work. I think it’s incumbent on my husband and me to really stress and to show James Wilkie by example what it means to owe your community something and that he is not entitled to the benefits of our hard work. That doesn’t mean that I’m withholding or keeping from him the joys of childhood. I’m not Joan Crawford. But I also don’t want him to think the world he lives in is the real world. It’s not.”
On if she'll be with Matthew forever: “I don’t see any way out of it for him. Poor fellow. But my son is so in love with his father. He really worships him, and that changes the way you see somebody and deepens it. The only thing he may love almost as much as his father are Legos and Star Wars and the cast recording of The Full Monty.”

While we're all anxiously awaiting the release date of SATC, it seems like Mother's Day will be even more special for Sarah Jessica and her boys this year.

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Laurent · May 11th, 2008, 07:24 PM

Anytime she talks about her marriage, I always get the feeling they're hanging together by a string.

Buffy Burnett · May 11th, 2008, 07:43 PM

Wow, Laurent, I really get that feeling, too. Very sad. I really hoped these two would work out.

Lily · May 12th, 2008, 11:36 AM

Even if it IS just a beard marriage.....I think they genuinely like each other and I'd like to see them stick together.

Sasha · May 12th, 2008, 11:40 AM

^^I agree. There must have been something special between them to take it to the level of marriage.

sparkly · May 12th, 2008, 02:06 PM

I want to be an SJP fantard.

LynnieD · May 12th, 2008, 02:12 PM

I think they genuinely like each other too...but maybe not in love. I don't know.

I have to admit that I am actually looking forward to this movie. And having Cosmo's prior to viewing it.

Palermo · May 12th, 2008, 02:17 PM

What on earth is she wearing? that is one seriously ugly outfit

sputnik · May 12th, 2008, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lily

Even if it IS just a beard marriage.....I think they genuinely like each other and I'd like to see them stick together.

me too.
i also think people get that impression because sjp can be quite candid and seems so have a self-deprecating sense of humour instead of the usual celeb gushings of how 'amazing' and story book perfect their lives are...

Lily · May 12th, 2008, 02:43 PM

I like both SJP and Broderick. And as far as being "in love"--pfft, that fades anyway, so you better have some "in like" there too, since that what most marriages boil down to. Great admiration, affection, and respect. And if it's a beard situation, which it very well may be, it is still a great partnership and they seem to have a great deal of affection for each other. I don't want them to break up. They're both so likable.