Jennifer Coolidge has said that she almost turned down the hit TV show The White Lotus, as she was feeling depressed.
The 61-year-old 2 Broke Girls actor has won Emmy, Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe awards for her role as Tanya McQuoid in writer-director Mike White's comedy-drama, which depicts groups of holidaymakers at a luxury hotel resort.
Speaking to British GQ, The American Pie star said: "I was, like, not in the mood. I was depressed, I was very depressed."
Warning: spoiler alert!
Season two of The White Lotus depicts the demise of Coolidge's character, with the show set in Sicily – the star's "fantasy" destination.
Discussing what she had hoped for from the second series, Coolidge said: "I had encouraged Mike to tell an Italian story. I said I would love to be in Italy or something, riding around on a Vespa with all these men reaching out and trying to light my cigarette.
"That's my fantasy. But then I guess that suggestion got me killed."
When asked about children in the interview, Coolidge replied: "I'm very, very immature, I think that has kept me from having children, because I'm sort of a child.
"Maybe if I had kids, I would've had to have grown up."
Musing on her dating habits, Coolidge also revealed that she has never had a "laidback" boyfriend.
"I've never had, like, a laidback boyfriend that was just full of joy, you know? Like, someone who laughs at all your shortcomings. That's never who I choose for myself," she said.
Known also for her role as Stifler's mom in American Pie, Coolidge used to live with her American Pie co-star Eddie Kaye Thomas in the early Noughties in Los Angeles.
Explaining that the two had a platonic relationship, she said: "I wasn't the love of his life, he had girlfriends. My bedroom was across the hallway from his."
The summer issue of British GQ is available from Tuesday 13 June.
Source: Press Association
