Julia Roberts reveals she was once asked by a director to have her freckles 'taken off' because they looked 'dirty'
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Even the most ravishing redhead in Hollywood has been told that she's not perfect enough.
In an eye-opening interview, Julia Roberts, 46, revealed that she was once even asked to remove her freckles for a movie role by one fussy director.
'One director wanted me to have two freckles taken off because he said it made my face look dirty,' said the August: Osage County star.
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Rather than faking it, the Erin Brockovich actress - who has three children Hazel and Phinnaeus, nine, and Henry, six, with husband Danny Moder - believes many older actresses 'radiate' beauty because of their confidence and self-assurance.
'I definitely think some of my older female peer group are deeply beautiful women. They have this thing that radiates from them,' she explained.
'It's coming from this deep place of understanding who they are and what their purpose is. It creates a light.'
Rather than worrying about growing old in the spotlight, the Mirror, Mirror star dismissed the issue as 'a cultural obsession.'
'I don't spend a lot of time in the mirror. I'm pretty efficient in terms of looking at myself and, to be honest, I don't think what you're talking about is a business demand - it's a cultural obsession.'
Oscar buzz: The Best Actress winner's latest film, August: Osage County, has already earned her numerous supporting actress nominations
Julia recently proved she was just as hot as she was for her breakout role in Pretty Woman when she
posed in an oversized man's shirt for the December issue of Marie Claire, reminiscent of one of her costumes from the 1990 film in which she co-starred with Richard Gere.
During the interview, the A-list Hollywood star reveals she is actually very down-to-earth and family-oriented.
Roberts - who is playing Meryl Streep's daughter in the upcoming film August: Osage County - gave real insight into her genuinely authentic lifestyle, admitting she cooks three meals a day, sews for her three children, and steers clear of the internet.
Julia - who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Erin Brockovich - explains why she avoids social media.
'It's kind of like cotton candy,' she said. 'It looks so appealing and you just can't resist getting in there, and then you just end up with sticky fingers and it lasted an instant.'
All-star cast: Meryl Streep plays Julia's mother in the critically acclaimed film
And the Mystic Pizza actress refrains from typing her name into Google's search box, too, noting that she can afford to live without the limitless supply of subjective opinions.
'I have too much potential for collapse,' she said, before adding her theories on why criticism comes so easily online: 'There's an anonymity that makes people feel safe to participate in hatefulness.'
'The kind of energy I attract is very calm,' the Georgia native, who now lives in the Pacific Palisades told the Los Angeles Times this week. 'People don't come up to me very often. Everyone is always in such disbelief that I can go to the market.'
Family first: Julia's biggest role is as mother to Hazel, Phinnaeus, and Henry, and a wife to Danny Moder
'I think people like to say that I'm super picky because of how much I lo-oo-ve my kids,' she said. 'But as an actor, I sort of pride myself on the fact that I've always been picky. There's a couple things at play.
'For one, I'm 46 years old, so falling out of chairs isn't as funny. I could break a hip. Certain scenarios that worked 10 years ago aren't as appealing, as applicable, as believable, as original - all those things.'
For her next project, Julia is again tapping into her serious side to star in The Normal Heart, an HBO film about the 1980s AIDS crisis based on the Tony Award-winning play by Ryan Murphy.
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