But I think that a privilege of living is also getting recognized for what you love to do. What are your thoughts about it, given your own level of fame?ĭoing all day long is probably the only way my celebrity feels real because when I walk down the street I’m pretty anonymous, which is pretty amazing because I think the privilege of living is your own privacy. , something that was just pointed out to me was that the protagonist in the noir/thriller is typically a world-wary man and I’ve always loved those world-wary men and it was very fun to get to embody that in my own way. I think that those genres have a place in our culture because people are drawn to the shadow self and they like to see what people are capable of doing without actually doing those things themselves. I’ve always liked that genre of film: The thriller noir. What compelled you to take the lead role in Gemini ? Kirke took some time to chat about her role in the noir film by Aaron Katz, the concept of fame in the era of President Donald Trump and her endless passion for music. To others, like Kirke herself, who comes from a family of artists who have been at the forefront of changing cultural norms in the entertainment industry (her sister Jemima starred in the culture-defining HBO show Girls her other sister, Domino, is a successful musician and her father, Simon, is a member of Free and Bad Company), that might seem like an average Monday thought. To some, that might sound like wishful thinking. Now that we have Instagram and social media, the way that you look becomes a lot more important and I often feel pressured to change my body so that it's more in line with the bodies that I see and then I think: Maybe the world should just change instead of me?” You are told that if you look a certain way you will be able to participate in whatever art form that you like. "I think that there is a tremendous pressure to look a certain way in order to participate. When prompted to give advice to up-and-coming artists, she delves into thoughts about appearances: "I've been thinking a lot about bodies recently," she says. The actress and musician, who is putting out a record this summer, still retains fragments of optimism and hopefulness that a person so attuned to the problems currently faced by society might not necessarily boast. My fascination with freedom and independence and the struggle to be those things. Her succinct analysis of fame is one of the many times during our conversation that the 27-year-old actress-now starring in the indie film Gemini opposite Zoe Kravitz-eloquently describes today's society, simultaneously breaking down cultural themes and spurring listeners to re-consider their views on a variety of subjects (on the fascination many feel towards the United States, she says: "Why are so many people so captivated by what this place is? I am too and I think it has a lot to do with freedom. "Now, people are famous because it's a by-product of being able to take a great selfie." “Historically, people were famous because it was a by-product of being really good at something,” says actress Lola Kirke during an interview in a private dining room in New York City's Crosby Hotel.
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