Show experienced frequent upmotings The family moved every few years because of her father's career as an Army judge The oldest of three children Moore attended 23 schools before high school M NOT A TERRIBLY serious person" insists Julianne Moore 42 the extravagantly talented actress her portray red-hair- graduation To this day she admits "I hate to pack I'd rather bring nothing — just my purse —and get w hat I need You learn that stuff is just stuff Your home is where your family is" Always hooks ignited her imagination “Growing up" she says “I didn't want to he in school I wanted to be in the book So I read and I read and I read" By the time she was a teenager she knew she wanted to act Six months after graduating from Boston I'nixersity -- als of very serkxis women ' Were talking in her Man-hatta- w n ith apartment sweeping views of the Hudson River surrounded by her kids —Caleb 5 and Liv 9 months— and the buzz of domestic life Despite what Moore says it becomes clear that she is deeply serious about her priorities Since Liv's birth she's been enjoying a year's hiatus from filming But the buzz oxer her recent films has kept her in the public eye Far From Heaven with Dennis Quaid drew talk of an Oscar nomination Now in 1983 she was a working actress She chose roles w ithout regard for their commercial potential and still does "I act for myself” Moore says "I get unbeliexable pleasure from it You have to decide if you want to be an in The Hours Mery Streep and Nicole Kidman Moore plays Laura an un1 happy housewife acior or in the 1950s w ho is unable to cope star” with her (iH?(jI32SB 6B0D QS5£Bfe te?GEBB r CZiiS3feQ fltegggay GflCl3?IBb COVER AD PHOTO steadily she began to be noticed in the '80s She also was middle-clas- s life Docs the turmoil G5teEG© Her life changed dramatically wlien Moore turned 32 "I realized I wasn't happy recalls thought about what 1 wanted and how I felt I began therapy and became much more focused on I ' ' my f personal life" At 35 she began filming The Myth of ' Fingerprints The director was Bart Freundlich then 26 The two fell in lose in and I have the ability to care for my children financially" Creating a stable center for her family is important to Moore As a child she 1 " she "I hadn't really my life takes preeminence Laura doesn't have any choice and I have tremendous choice I've been able to have a job and a relationship I'm happy V : married briefly in these women's lives ex er spill into her own? "As an actor you have a bridge to a certain kind of emotion" Moore says "But B movie q Working I) I 1 v r X C 1 i ABOVE BY BLAKE LITTLE FOR PARADE: STYLIST BASIA FOR ART MIXVY PAGE 10 JANUARY 12 2003 PARADE MAGAZINE |