CATHERINE’S CRISIS How I got my fearlessness back
For many Hollywood actresses, turning 50 can be scary with worries about a lack of roles and losing their looks. But Catherine Zeta-Jones says her fifties are proving to be a time of freedom, not fear, and she’s more confident than ever, thanks to her age.
The Feud star, who is 51, admits she has experienced fluctuations in confidence throughout her life. When she started out in musical theatre as a teenager, she was fearless.
“There was no questioning, wondering what people would think,” she recalls.
She was so determined and sure of herself that if she was rejected at a theatrical audition, she would go to the back of the line and audition again.
But despite her huge success in the British TV series The Darling Buds of May and Hollywood movies like The Mask of Zorro and Entrapment, self-doubt started to creep in.
“Somewhere along the
