Closer USA – August 12, 2019

J

essicaLange’syounggranddaugh-

ters,IlseandAdah,recentlyasked

hertospeaktotheirgirls’group

aboutherlife.At first,shewasn’t

surewhattosay.Thensherealized

themessageshewantedtodeliver

toher grandkids’generation.“Theonething

I’ve alwaysfeltis thatI’veneverallowedmy-

selfto be restricted,”Jessicasays.“I’vedone

everythingI wantedto do,andno onecould

tell me therewassomethingI couldn’tdo.”

That’sbeen thecasefor Jessica,who

turned70 thisyear,eversinceshegrewup as

the rebelliousdaughterof a travelingsales-

manandateacherinMinnesota.“We

movedarounda lot—I wentto eight

differentschools,”sherecalls.“I

was alwaysthenewgirlintown,

the outsiderlookingin.”

Yetsheusedthatoutsid-

er’sperspectivetoobser ve

a widevarietyof peopleand

learnhowtoinhabitthem.

ShewonOscarsas alove-

lornsoap-operaactressin

Tootsie(1982)andabipo-

larmilitaryspouseinBlue

Sky (1994) and threeEm-

Learned

THEOSCA

WINNING

ACTRESS

OPENS UP

ABOUT

MOTHER-

HOOD,RAGEAND

AGINGGRACEFULLY

What I’ve

at

LIFE LESSONS

“Acceptance,

toleranceand

forgivenessare

life-altering

lessons.”

—Jessica

JESSICA LANGE

Jessica feared

Tootsie (with

Dustin Hoffman)

was too silly, but

says, “I’m thrilled

that I did it.”

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