Jennifer Coolidge has admitted that she wasn’t “aggressive enough” early in her career.
Jennifer Coolidge received “no guidance at all” amid her career slump.
The 63-year-old actress enjoyed huge successes with the ‘American Pie’ and ‘Legally Blonde’ film franchises, but Jennifer suffered a mini career slump before she joined the cast of ‘The White Lotus’, the hit HBO anthology series.
Speaking to The Sunday Times newspaper, Jennifer reflected: “I got very odd jobs – I had no guidance at all. I didn’t know how to play the game.
“I played a lot of highly strung rich women, people thought, ‘Oh, that’s just what she does.'”
Jennifer now realises that she “wasn’t aggressive enough” in how she approached her career.
The actress – who played Jeanine Stifler, who was also known as Stifler’s mom, in the ‘American Pie’ film franchise – explained: “[In the past] I wasn’t aggressive enough – if someone didn’t like me or think I was talented, I took their word for it.”
Meanwhile, Josh Duhamel previously confessed to being a “huge fan” of Jennifer.
The 52-year-old actor starred alongside the award-winning actress in the 2022 comedy film ‘Shotgun Wedding’, and Josh revealed that he relished the experience of working with Jennifer.
He told ‘Entertainment Tonight’: “I’m a huge fan. She is a wonderful person to have around the set. She’s very chill.”
Josh was also wowed by Jennifer’s approach to her work.
The actor shared: “What I’ll never forget about working with Jennifer was that we didn’t know if she was like, doing it on purpose or if it was like part of her thing – it’s almost like an Andy Kaufman thing.
“It makes everybody feel like we need another take, and she’s like, ‘No, I’m good.’ And then you see it, and it’s brilliant … She’s one of those enigmas.”
Jennifer Coolidge ‘didn’t know how to play the game’ in Hollywood
