Thursday October 8, 2009

Renee Zellweger is influenced by Katharine Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe.

The Bridget Jones’s Diary star says she looked to the late Hollywood legends for inspiration when taking on movie roles.

“For Leatherheads, I was thinking of Katharine Hepburn, the way she leaned forward with her shoulders back, speaking in her lower register the whole time,” Zellweger told Elle magazine. “I like her confidence, her intelligence, her sense of entitlement.

“When I was making Chicago, I couldn’t stop watching the Marilyn Monroe videos. Not so much because of the sex kitten thing; it was more her vulnerability. That was a huge part of the Roxie character. But it’s not about emulating; it’s about a feeling.”

Renee, 40 — who is currently dating The Hangover star Bradley Cooper — also spoke about whether a successful movie career requires sacrificing your personal life.

“A friend of mine couldn’t decide between moving to New York or staying in L.A., and another friend said, ‘Do Everything!’ I thought, That’s it, do everything,” she said.

Zellweger recently insisted she has no complaints about being famous — because it’s “everything” she dreamed of as a child.

“There are certain things about a conventional life that I absolutely feel I miss,” she told Australia’s OK! magazine. “But I guess you choose your life and I find myself in this pretty extraordinary exceptionally bizarre life and it’s everything I dreamed of as a child.”

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