Gillian Anderson Net Worth

Gillian Anderson's Quotes

• [on her role as Special Agent Dana Scully on The X Files (1993)] I am more spontaneous than my character . . .
• [interview in "Movieline" magazine, Dec. 1998] Fame is complicated and definitely overrated. There are perks to it that are unfathomable. But the other aspect is there's little to no privacy at all - being anywhere at any time and knowing that somebody you cannot see is probably taking a picture of you, which has happened hundreds of times. I look around and cannot see anyone and a couple of weeks later I see a photo of me looking around.
• When I think of normal, I think of mediocrity . . . and mediocrity scares the fuck out of me!
• It's easier to be myself here. I can go out wearing whatever the hell I want, no matter how ridiculous it looks. If I do that in America, people look at me like I'm insane. There are aspects of the British press which are incredibly intrusive, but then you will go to a premiere and someone will ask permission to take a photo, and when you say, "That's enough", they will back off. In the States, you go to a restaurant and there are people lined up outside with 8x10s of you. Or they just follow you with a video camera. I had someone deliberately rear-end my car a few years ago in L.A., and there was a video camera: they were videoing my reaction. Luckily, I was in a good mood.
• I know people who are embarrassed to be American. They don't like showing their passports. It's becoming a scary place. It takes someone very brave not to be quiet, someone who doesn't mind death threats, their life being turned upside down, news cameras outside their door. There is no freedom of speech in America anymore. They are not living up to the constitution. There's so much fear in America and control.

Interesting Facts about Gillian Anderson

1. Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1997]
2. Says her favorite film is The Wrong Trousers (1993). [1996]
3. Was married to first husband Clyde Klotz on the 17th hole of a golf course in Hawaii by a Buddhist priest.
4. Hair is naturally blonde, it was dyed and styled into the famous bob by Malcolm Marsden, who was immortalized as the British Member of Parliament (MP) in the episode "Fire".
5. Daughter of Homer Edward "Ed" Anderson III, who owned a film post-production company, and wife Rosemary "Posie" Alyce Lane, a computer analyst, she has a younger brother, Aaron Anderson, who suffers from neurofibromatosis for which she has done activist work to encourage Government to increase funding for research, and a younger sister, Zoe Anderson.
6. She was voted "Class Clown", "Most Bizzare Girl" and "Most Likely to be Arrested" by her classmates in high school. In fact, she was arrested on graduation night for trying to glue the locks shut at her high school.
7. Her parents left the United States of America with her and resided in London, Greater-London, Middlesex, England, Great-Britain and Northern-Ireland, from age 2 to age 11, then moved to Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, where she was teased for her British accent. She also lived in Puerto Rico. She relocated to London, Greater-London, Middlesex, England, Great-Britain and Northern-Ireland, again, as an adult, in 2002, where she resides, lives, works extensively and is an actress.
8. Attended the Goodman Theater School of Drama at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, where she earned her degree in Fine Arts. One of her classmates was Nina Siemaszko.
9. Gained her first real break when she replaced Mary-Louise Parker in the play "The Philanthropist".
10. Told The X Files (1993) executives that she was age 27 so that she would appear more credible as an FBI agent with a medical degree.
11. The X Files (1993) writer, Chris Carter, is the godfather of her daughter, Piper Maru.
12. Kept her daughter, Piper Maru, completely hidden from the public until they both appeared in Joan Ostin's book, "Celebrity Moms" and the April 2001 issue of In Style magazine.
13. Attended and graduated from City High School, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.
14. Her daughter, Piper Maru, was the inspiration for the title of an The X Files (1993) episode introducing the famous black oil in the series.
15. Engaged to photojournalist Julian Ozanne. Wedding was planned for September 2003 during a safari ceremony in Kenya, but was delayed for over a year for fears of a terrorist attack.
16. Standing at just 5' 3", she has to stand on an apple box to shoot many scenes in The X Files (1993).
17. [December 29, 2004] Married her long-term boyfriend Julian Ozanne on the resort town of Shella on Lamu Island, Kenya.
18. As a teen, her favorite music bands included Skinny Puppy and Dead Kennedys.
19. Received the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Best Actress Award for her West End debut in Michael Weller's two-hander, "What the Night Is For". [2003]
20. Presented the Best Designer Award at the 51st Evening Standard Theatre Awards. [2005]