Ever since the ’80s,Michelle Pfeiffer has been a household name.
In fact, she was a self-proclaimed “rotten kid.”
As she toldThe Hollywood Reporter, “I was like the Mafia don of my elementary school.”
According to Pfeiffer, she took after her father was something of a perfectionist.
“He would give me little projects around the house.”
Sometimes, her father would purchase broken refrigerators to fix and sell as a side hustle.
“My job was to clean them.
They were nasty,” she recalled.
As a perfectionist, her father was never happy with her work.
“And so typically I had to redo it.”
At just 14 years old, she began working as a cashier in a supermarket.
Being employed at that young age taught her about the value of money.
But even then, she wanted more from her work.
I thought to myself, ‘What do you want to do with the rest of your life?'"
“And it was acting.”
For Pfeiffer, the role was life-changing.
However, as she went on to explain, landing such a big role was a grueling process.
“It was a total fluke that I got that part,” she said.
“I went on a lark.
My agent just said, ‘Go.'”
And yet, somehow, she landed the part.
Even though Pfeiffer was a newcomer, her co-stars could tell she was going to go far.
And that was Michelle Pfeiffer," recalledDidi Conn, who played Frenchy, toEntertainment Weekly.
She’s something special.'"
Of course, she was right.
The marriage came to an end after seven years.
As Pfeiffer later explained, she thinks that she and Horton hadn’t been ready for marriage.
“I was 22,” she toldInterview Magazine.
She and Horton remained friends, which, as Pfeiffer said, made the divorce even harder.
Interestingly, he actually helped her move out.
“It wasn’t bitter, and we talked every day on the phone.
While the divorce may have been hard on Pfeiffer, she eventually moved on.
“I forget I was even married before,” she toldParadeyears later.
In fact, the actor even forgot to tell her children about her first marriage for years.
The next year, she starred in Brian De Palma’s “Scarface” opposite Al Pacino.
As her fame grew, Pfeiffer had to adjust to life in the spotlight.
She developed a reputation of being press-shy after one reporter claimed she was rude.
Plus, she still felt like the same small-town girl she was as a child.
“So there is a discrepancy and there will always be a discrepancy.
As a result of that, I think I’ll always feel somewhat homeless .
no matter where I am.”
The role ended up becoming one of her most iconic and best-known performances.
However, there was a time when the part might have gone to someone else.
As she told Jimmy Fallon, “I was obsessed with Catwoman since I was a little girl.”
She ended up being perfect for the role.
“It would depend on the context but, yeah, I’d consider it,” she said.
The pair met on a blind date and quickly hit it off.
Their relationship moved extra fast because Pfeiffer was in the middle of adopting a daughter when they met.
It was sort of perfectly timed.”
Nine years after tying the knot, Pfeiffer spoke about their healthy relationship.
“We don’t really shut the world out.
We just get along,” she toldABC News.
As of 2023, the couple is still going just as strong as ever.
In an adorableselfieposted on Valentine’s Day 2023, the actor wrote simply, “We go together.
“It was challenging for women of my generation to find their voices,” she later toldThe Times.
Looking back, Pfeiffer now realises that she was often treated poorly by high-powered men in the industry.
Michelle Pfeiffer’s children changed her
Parenthood is life-changing for all of us even for Michelle Pfeiffer.
Pfeiffer became a mother in 1993 when she adopted Claudia Rose.
She and her husband David E. Kelley had another child, John, one year later.
The actor later toldThe Timesthat motherhood changed everything.
Motherhood also helped Pfeiffer think more about her family and less about herself.
“I mean, I’m in a career where my product is me.
So it was nice to have something, someone, come along and take the focus off me.
I really needed to give myself some distractions from myself.”
Pfeiffer also stepped back from films between 2009 and 2011 and between 2013 and 2017.
“I was also sort of in this in-between place,” she said.
“I sort of didn’t feel like I was really a leading lady.
I wasn’t a grandma yet, but I, I wasn’t also like an ingenue.”
As the actor toldInterview Magazine, she also chose to take time off because of her children.
“And I got so picky that I was unhireable.”
Once her kids grew up, however, Pfeiffer slowly made a return to the screen.
It was her first major step in as an entrepreneur.
I didn’t want to develop something that relied on my face or celebrity.”
And that’sexactly what she did with Henry Rose.
Fortunately, the technique has worked.
In 2023, the brand even landed a series A investment, so it’s sure to keep growing.
First, she tried out a vegan diet.
When asked byUrbanette Magazineabout her skincare routine, she explained that becoming a vegan had made a huge difference.
“I really noticed a difference in my skin not too long after switching to fully vegan.”
The paleo diet consists of eating foods that humans are thought to have eating during the Paleolithic Era.
Essentially, this means a lot of grains, legumes, and dairy, and no ultra processed foods.
But by the sounds of things, Pfeiffer’s approach to the diet isn’t too intense.
However, it’s only recently that she’s actuallyfeltconfident.
In her early career, Pfeiffer often felt insecure and unsure about her work.
“I’ve always had this very love-hate relationship with acting,” she toldThe Hollywood Reporterin 2022.
“I’ve been yelled at more than once.
Other times I’d just go off and cry.”
But finally, Pfeiffer feels like she’s earned her spot in Hollywood’s upper echelons.
“I guess I feel like I have less to prove.”
Now, Pfeiffer is no longer a bundle of nerves on set.
As she explained, she used to spend the first day on set literally shaking but not anymore.
She toldThe Timesthat her newfound confidence came with age.
“It’s just getting older and more experienced,” she said.
