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ELLE Interview: Carrie-Anne Moss
Carrie Anne-Moss has a thing for the strong, silent type in her new "zomedy" thriller, Fido.
By Adam Nayman
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Carie-Anne Moss in The Matrix. Image courtesy of Warner Bros.
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A late bloomer
"I decided to move to L.A.," recalls Moss, "and I remember literally putting my suitcase under my bed and thinking that this is where the suitcase is going to live for a long time, because I had to commit. I quit modelling -- I needed the money, but I knew that I couldn't do both. Modelling asks you to be conscious of your outer self, but with acting you have to let that go. I knew that I couldn't wear both hats. I struggled financially, I did a lot of television and then I was lucky: I got The Matrix."
She's actually quite proud of her late-bloomer status, citing it as a factor in her relaxed outlook. "It's a dangerous thing to get into it too young," opines Moss. "I was 30 when I did The Matrix. When you turn 30, your life and your world view change. I remember feeling relieved -- it was like I was seeing things in a deeper way." At the same time, she insists that she has always been grounded. "I remember when I was modelling in Japan, the agency would tell us that some guy wanted to take all the girls out to dinner and I would be the one girl who didn't go -- I didn't want to go out with a stranger."
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A non-fashionista
One thing that Moss hasn't retained from her modelling days is a fashionista attitude. "I'm kind of stuck in a slacker, relaxed- wardrobe stage," she says, laughing. "I wear the same thing every day. I'm always dropping my son off at school or doing pilates, so it feels like I'm always in sweats or yoga pants, which isn't very flattering or stylish. I'm on the verge of breaking through, though. I have two children, and my second is just over a year old. That first year after a child, I kind of just hunker down at home -- I surrender to that side of me. I don't try to get my body back or be in the world; I go the opposite way. But now that he's a little older, I'm becoming more interested in fashion again."
Where Moss has found the time to even flip through a fashion mag is anybody's guess: Fido is her third film of 2006 (along with fest-circuit fave Snow Cake and the noirish Mini's First Time) and she just wrapped up Disturbia, a psychological thriller slated for release this spring. It's a heavy workload but lightened considerably by the presence of family: Fido was shot in Kelowna, B.C., and Moss' parents, aunts and cousins made it out to the set. "I'm the only one who moved out of Canada," she says. "You don't normally get to have time with your family when you work, so it was lovely." Moss does try her best, though: she brings her kids with her when she's working, explaining that their presence enhances her performance. "Parenting takes a lot of creativity, and I embrace it fully," she says. "It goes on for your whole life, of course, but the first three years are the really juicy part -- I throw myself into it. I'm lucky that I have a job I love," she says, sighing, "but when I do it, all my energy goes there. It becomes complicated to do both at the same time, but I think I'm learning."
Fido will be released on March 16.
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