BRIAN MILLS
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Emmy award winning actress/singer Mare Winnigham’s star is on the rise (again!) Familiar to audiences from movies such as St. Elmo’s Fire, Turner and Hooch and Georgia (for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress); television viewers know her from her appearance on American Horror Story: Coven as ‘Alicia Spencer’, zombie-boy Kyle’s creepy Mom. Ms. Winningham has just been nominated for a Tony Award (Best Featured Actress in a Play) for her work in Harvey Fierstein’s new play ‘Casa Valentina’. Get into Mare Winningham!
FIERTH: What is your name?
MARE: Mary Megan Winningham
FIERTH: Do you have a nick-name?
MARE: Mare
FIERTH: Where are you based , where do you call home ?
MARE: New York.
FIERTH: How tall are you?
MARE: 5’5
FIERTH: What is your motto?
MARE: Look for the best in others
FIERTH: How do you describe your work?
MARE: I play act. I get to imagine what different people might feel in different situations, and how behavior corresponds to truth.
Mare Winningham in American Horror Story: Coven
FIERTH: What about your work ( or process ) frustrates you ?
MARE: Any of my inhibitions.
FIERTH: What accomplishment are you most proud of ?
MARE: In my work, longevity.
FIERTH: What do you like most about what you do?
MARE: I get to collaborate with talented people.
FIERTH: How do you keep it real?
MARE: Privately
FIERTH: What is the secret to success ?
MARE: Appreciating it.
FIERTH: If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?
MARE: Play the piano well.
FIERTH: What motivates you in life?
MARE: Loving kindness.
FIERTH: If you weren’t doing what you are doing now, what do you think you would be doing?
MARE: Having breakfast.
FIERTH: Have you ever felt hopeless? How did you get through it?
MARE: Yes. I turned to family and friends.
FIERTH: If someone wrote a biography on your life , what do you think the title should be?
MARE: Night Mare
FIERTH: What are some qualities you value in your friends ?
MARE: My friends are smart, loving, generous, and kind
FIERTH: What are 5 quirky things about yourself?
MARE: 1. the feel of nail polish freaks me out but I’m wearing it for the play
2. I still have my 1970’s albums
3. I get too enthusiastic about mealtimes
4. fluorescent lighting upsets me
5. I still have to count on my fingers 8+5. That one always gets me.
FIERTH: What were you like as a child?
MARE: They say I loved a good cry. (sounds like I was a pain in the butt)
FIERTH: Where did you grow up ?
MARE: In the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles.
FIERTH: What did you do growing up that got you into trouble?
MARE: I lied about boys.
FIERTH: My generation was …
MARE: was?!
FIERTH: The kids today …
MARE: Fill me with hope.
FIERTH: What makes you angry ?
MARE: Brutality
FIERTH: What brings you the most joy?
MARE: My kids, my work, walking the streets of NY
FIERTH: What’s the strangest thing you’ve done this month?
MARE: Spent hours in Color Me Mine, alone.
FIERTH: Ever had a rumor spread about you?
MARE: Probably. I don’t wanna know.
FIERTH: What were you doing last night at Midnight?
MARE: Reading the New York Times.
FIERTH: What do you daydream about?
MARE: …love, and being loved.
FIERTH: What do you think is the meaning of life ?
MARE: To repair the world.
FIERTH: What is your beauty secret ?
MARE: Smiling.
FIERTH: Do you collect anything?
MARE: Playbills…they’ve gotta go…
FIERTH: Do you have any obsessions right now?
MARE: Flowers, gardens, trees, blooming things
FIERTH: What’s the weirdest item you’ve ever mourned losing?
MARE: I can’t find my navy blue car coat. Where is it.
FIERTH: What is your greatest extravagance?
MARE: Eating out
FIERTH: What is your guilty pleasure?
MARE: Wine
FIERTH: If you could buy anything regardless of cost, what would you buy?
MARE: A New York apartment.
FIERTH: What is your “ Safety Word”?
MARE: Um
FIERTH: You can trade places with any other person, living or dead, for 24 hours. Who would you choose and why?
MARE: Moses, because God says he knew him ‘face to face’.
FIERTH: Who are your main inspirations?
MARE: My mom and dad, my kids
FIERTH: What’s the sweetest thing anyone’s ever done for you?
MARE: ..people do the sweetest things…just yesterday my daughter left a penned self portrait with a farewell love note for me to find when I came home to an empty apt…
FIERTH: Which places have you traveled to that you feel had changed your perspective of the world ?
MARE: Israel, Romania, Istanbul
FIERTH: What are you going to do next?
MARE: Play some music shows in support of my new record with Jack Walter, What’s Left Behind
FIERTH: Leave us a quote to carry on with :
MARE: “Carry on my wayward son, there’ll be peace when you are done”
Emmy award winning actress/singer Mare Winnigham’s star is on the rise (again!) Familiar to audiences from movies such as St. Elmo’s Fire, Turner and Hooch and Georgia (for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress); television viewers know her from her appearance on American Horror Story: Coven as ‘Alicia Spencer’, zombie-boy Kyle’s creepy Mom. Ms. Winningham has just been nominated for a Tony Award (Best Featured Actress in a Play) for her work in Harvey Fierstein’s new play ‘Casa Valentina’.
