Actress Kristen Stewart She announced her retirement from acting and said she was turning to directing, and in an interview with "The Sunday Times" she explained her decision.
As she said, the main reason for her departure from acting was the treatment of women in Hollywood.
Just before the premiere of her directorial debut "The Chronology of Water," the 35-year-old actress spoke about her frustrations with the film industry, noting that she feels "people respect her more behind the camera than in front of it."
"Actresses are treated like trash, I have to be honest," said Stewart, best known for her role in the "Twilight" saga.
"People act like anyone can do it, but the first time I started a conversation about my film as a director, I thought - this is completely different. They're talking to me like someone with a brain," she recalled.
The actress adds that directors, especially men, are often automatically respected, and that this is part of a broader imbalance in the film industry.
"There's this idea that directors have some special powers, and that's just not true. It's a myth that's mostly perpetuated by men," Stewart claims, adding that actresses often have it worse than actors, because they're "treated like puppets that they're not."
Stewart also addressed the myths of so-called "method acting," an approach she says is used to elevate male actors while lightly discounting the work of women.
"There are no 'method actresses', because method acting is often pure acrobatics, making acting into a feat that it really isn't," the actress believes, continuing that the acting profession is "simply pretense," for which it is not necessary to do 50 push-ups before filming.
Stewart is currently promoting the film "The Chronology of Water," which she directed, based on the memoirs of the American writer. Lidija Juknavič of 2011..
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