[Interviewer:] People do end up isolated on set.
Gabrielle Anwar: It is a very isolative environment. It forces a sense of autonomy, and I suppose, I think, I may thrive on that kind of loneliness!
That’s the creature I am.
Do you have any hobbies?
I do spend quite a bit of time thinking. I do have hobbies! I’ve never really referred to them as hobbies.
I have absolutely not a moment through the day where I allow the word “bored” to be even muttered under one’s breath in the household.
So I find that if I’m not interacting with one or all of the children or arguing.. with an ex-husband, then I’m painting, writing, riding, tending to a garden, trying to figure out what’s wrong with my composter, building a new fence.
I have a tool kit that is enviable to most men, and I just very seldomly sit still.
So I do enjoy keep my mind lubed. Well lubed!
From Sunday Conversation: Gabrielle Anwar, By Choire Sicha, LATimes.com June 28, 2009
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