Julianne Moore is quitting acting to write more books.
Popular on LondonNet
The redhead actress – whose debut children’s book Freckleface Strawberry follows the story of a seven-year-old girl trying to come to terms with her red hair and freckles – is planning to concentrate on her budding literary career.
Julianne – famous for her roles in films including Far from Heaven and Magnolia – said: “I’m hoping this book is the beginning of a series with the same character. I have an option for the second book and a draft of the third. I showed it to my son, and he said, ‘Mom, I think you need more of a middle and more of an end,’ and I said, ‘But it’s just a draft!'”
The 46-year-old star – who has two children, nine-year-old Cal, and five-year-old Liz with director husband Bert Freundlich – insists she prefers writing to acting.
She told USA Today: “Writing is something you can do it by yourself – whereas acting never exists in a vacuum. I do love it, but you’re part of a collaborative crowd.
“I wrote the first draft of Freckleface Strawberry on a plane to London. I wrote it in the margins of my Filofax. That’s how old I am. I still have a Filofax!
“I have no idea whether I’ll do another film – for now, I’m just taking it easy and spending time with my kids.”
