Margot Kidder

Actor

In a February 2000 TV Guide article written by Rich Brown, Kidder is quoted as saying:

"I went through millions of dollars -- I have no idea how much. I'd buy things for friends, take people to Paris. Once I stayed up for three weeks in a row because I felt like I was called upon to write a new religion for women. I was reading all these books, including the Bible -- and I'm an atheist."

--BZ

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22-Oct-01 - Interviewed for an article on the Christian movie industry, Kidder had this to say about her involvement in "Tribulation", a "rapture" film:

"I was broke, and I said to my agent, 'Get me a job.' When I read the script, I thought it was this strange thriller. It really wsn't until I was on the set that I realised these guys were serious. You can't imagine my horror. You know, this is an acting trick, but when I play a baddie in a movie I usually wear a cross. That's what I think of organised religion. And now, since being in this movie, I keep getting fan letters from Christians saying, ' We're glad you saw the light. Would you like to come speak at our church?' Before this, my fan base was mostly prisoners." ("Lights! Camera! Rapture!" by Sott Spencer, The New Yorker, Sept 10 2001, p108)

--contributed by Siobh