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Amanda Peet draws a blank curtain on life under the spotlight.
The 54-year-old actor called Hollywood nothing but “smoke and mirrors.”
“It’s funny,” Peet told Fox News Digital when asked about the “most common misconceptions” of stars with the “perfect life” in Hollywood. “It’s smoke and mirrors. There is none There There. I mean you name the aphorism, it applies to us. It’s a lot of sweat. ‘What are they doing there? Why don’t I have that? Why don’t I look like that?’ That’s the bad part.”
He continued, “Hollywood, it’s hard to – I’m just going to sound corny. It’s competitive, and it’s hard to get out of that really competitive mindset where the piece of cheese on the island is very small and there’s a lot of people after it.”
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Amanda Peet says Hollywood is “a lot of stuff.” (Jamie McCarthy/WireImage)
The “Something’s Gotta Give” actor added that aging is not easy even in a youth-oriented industry.
“I’m older, so I’m more at peace with it, but it’s very hard to find that, and it’s hard not to want to chase your buzz if you’re lucky enough to have any, and instead be like, ‘What do I want to do’ when my alarm goes off in the morning? What do I want to do?
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Peet stars in the second season of Apple TV’s “Your Friends & Neighbors,” which premieres Friday, April 3 with one new episode each week through June 5.
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He said fans can expect “a lot more” in Season 2.
“Then there’s also the fact that Coop has this secret life,” Peet said of Jon Hamm’s character who plays her ex-husband on the show.
“It’s smoke and mirrors. It’s nowhere. I mean, you name the aphorism, it works for us. It’s a lot of frustration. ‘What are they doing here? Why don’t I have that? Why don’t I look like that?’ That’s the bad part.”
“And I think this season, a lot of people are starting to know that something is going on with Coop,” he continued. And it’s getting more and more dangerous for him to continue doing what he’s doing, which is very exciting. [her character] Mel and Coop are still like that, aren’t they? They love each other so much, but they still seem to want to f— each other. Well, it’s really a big mess. “
Jon Hamm and Amanda Peet at a press event for “Your Friends and Neighbors” last year. (Eric Charbonneau/Apple TV+ via Getty Images)
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Peet said she also appreciated the story line in which her character talks about menopause, which she says left her depressed.
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“It was really nice to be able to put my frustration and anger about menopause into a proper context, acting as an actor as opposed to in my life,” Peet revealed.
The actress also opened up about her breast cancer diagnosis, which she announced earlier this month.
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Amanda Peet and Eunice Bae in “Your Friends & Neighbors.” (Apple TV)
He told Fox News Digital that when he first heard the news, his thoughts were filled with “fear”.
“My children are afraid,” he admitted.
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Peet said he decided not to tell his dying mother “because she hadn’t been well for so long that it was, you know, obviously me, you know, if she would have understood, I wouldn’t have wanted to scare her.”
“So, it wasn’t a difficult decision, it was difficult in a universal way because I was close to him my whole life.”
Peet revealed her breast cancer diagnosis in an interview with the New Yorker last Saturday, saying that it is stage I and she does not need chemotherapy, but will undergo a lumpectomy and radiation.
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