Although she wouldn’t classify herself as a “movie star,” Goldie Hawn has certainly cemented herself as a Hollywood fixture.
Being in the industry for as long as she has, Hawn admits to witnessing it evolve, and not necessarily for the better.
“I think that it’s important to stand vigilant on people’s behavior and really understand when they’re out of line and be able to handle it,” Hawn shared in a new profile for Variety.
“But I’m concerned about these areas: Suddenly you don’t have a job. Suddenly you can’t date a woman within the business or you’re going to get fired. They’re canceling books – classic books that no one can read. I don’t like that. There’s mistrust everywhere. So not only is there cancel culture, but there are culture wars. Schools are being politicized. But for the greater good of our children? No one’s really looking at that.”
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“There’s a disruption now. Disruptions are good. But imbalance isn’t. I hope to get back to some level of sensibility and fairness. So ‘cancel culture.’ The word itself scares me more than anything. It’s rigid, concretized thinking, which is not good. It’s got double edges on it. And who has the right to cancel?” the 77-year-old questioned.
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For Hawn, cancel culture is just one element of a larger problem.
“The level of sensitivity is so high that comedians are afraid to tell certain jokes the way they used to. And it’s a bit of a quandary for comedians; there are things you can’t say and so on and so forth. I mean, it’s fine. There are certain areas that I agree with. But the level of sensitivity is unforgiving. That’s not a good feeling when you’re in a creative mode.”
Hawn also had some thoughts on the Academy Awards and how this new mindset has affected the awards show.
“It used to be elegant,” Hawn explained. “I’m not old-fashioned, but sometimes jokes are off-color. And I’m missing reverence. Things have become politicized. I want to see people in awe. I want to see people believing again. I want to see people laughing more in a way that isn’t just at someone else’s expense.”
It’s indicative of our culture right now,” Hawn says of the incident. “I mean, you could look at it and say, ‘What the hell just happened?’ Somebody lost control. They lost their self-regulation. Their bigger brain wasn’t thinking, and they did something that was horrendous and also showed no remorse. That, to me, is a microcosm oftentimes of our world,” she said.
Hawn thought Rock handled the situation the best he could. “Chris was brilliant – totally held on to and controlled his emotions, was able to stand with dignity. That’s an example of what we would like our world to look like. But, unfortunately, it isn’t right now.”
The actress believes the larger problem is the withering of “Old Hollywood.
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“Where are they?” Hawn asked of classic “movie stars.”
“The old-fashioned movie star creates excitement. We used to be able to say, ‘I’m gonna take a break because I think I’m overexposed.’ A lot of these people that are coming up are making more money than anybody ever made as an actor, but they’re not known,” she shared.
Hawn, known for her iconic movies roles in films like “Private Benjamin” and “Cactus Flower,” is also dismissive of the idea that romantic-comedies are no longer being made.
“It’s too pedestrian and not interesting?” she noted of the assertion. “How sad.”