Award-winning actress Julianne Moore says she believes in almost anything including the wonders of therapy, but not in the existence of God.
Moore revealed to the Hollywood Reporter that the death of her mother opened her eyes and changed her views. "I learned when my mother died five years ago that there is no 'there' there," she reflected.
Moore argued there was only meaning in this chaotic world when it is imposed on society. "Structure, it's all imposed," she said. "We impose order and narrative on everything in order to understand it. Otherwise, there's nothing but chaos."
The actress also believes that her life and what it has become is mostly her own doing and the result of being intentional - as well as a dose of good luck.
"The idea that you're the center of your own narrative and that you can create your life is a great idea," the Hunger Games star explained. "I totally believe it. I've been really lucky, but I feel I've completely created my own life."
Moore recently appeared in the first installment of Mockingjay of the Hunger Games franchise as President Alma Coin, and in Still Alice, which told the story of a linguistic professor who was diagnosed with early Alzheimer's.
The actress revealed to the Hollywood Reporter that she had taken a memory test with Dr. Mary Sano at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York in order to prepare for the role.
The test, the actress recalled, involved having to read or listen to a story first, and then be subjected to a test in which she had to repeat the contents of a list of 30 words that was handed to her.
"And then she'll say, 'How many animals can you name in a minute?' And then she goes back to, 'Now tell me about the story that you read,' " Moore stated.
Was she diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's? No. "They told me my results were normal," the actress said with a laugh.
