In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, beloved actress Dame Julie Andrews reflects on her life and career, following the publication of her latest memoir.
During the interview the actress discusses how she got the role in her first movie Mary Poppins, and how she felt winning the Best Actress Oscar for that performance. She also reflects on her late husband Blake Edward’s depression and how she too suffered from depression at points in her career. She tells Amanpour: “I felt very overwhelmed … I felt that I needed some answers.”
Andrews explains that her depression was rooted in her desire for a real education: “My very kind therapist quickly realised that what I craved most of all was an education… I’d never been to school really. I travelled with a tutor but never went to high school, graduated high school, never went to college which I so wished I had done.”
On Mary Poppins being labelled as one of the first female superheroes, Andrews agrees saying: “She was very forthright and forthcoming and stated her mind. I never thought of it that way!”
