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Julianne Moore feels proud of Still Alice’s impact.
The 65-year-old actress portrayed an Alzheimer’s patient in Still Alice, the 2014 drama movie, and Julianne feels proud that it’s helped to raise awareness of the neurodegenerative brain disorder, which is the most common cause of dementia.
The Hollywood star – who campaigns to raise awareness of brain health and care options – told People: “I think, honestly, since I made the movie, with a lot of people it’ll come up very casually in conversation.
“Sometimes there’ll be a girlfriend who will say, like, ‘Wow, I feel like I’m a little fuzzy about remembering things,’ or, ‘I’m tired all the time — what is that? Should I talk to my doctor?’
“Or often people will talk to me about family members. They’ll disclose that they lost a family member to Alzheimer’s, or they’re seeing memory issues in someone and ask what they should do.”
Last year, Julianne partnered with Eli Lilly to launch its Brain Health Matters campaign, and the actress feels proud of the impact she’s had.
However, she also recognises that there is lots of room for progress.
The movie star said: “We have normalised so much with check-ups. Now it’s routine to get a mammogram, it’s routine to get a colonoscopy. We wouldn’t think twice about getting an MRI, or if you think you broke your toe, you’re going to get an X-ray to determine whether or not it’s broken.
“We know that we’re going to do all of these things, because that’s the road to making something better, so I think we want to do that with brain health as well.
“We want to say, ‘Okay, let’s normalise the conversation to understand how important the brain is in terms of our overall functioning, and go to our doctor and speak to them directly about it.”
Meanwhile, Julianne previously revealed that she struggled for years to get a role in a movie.
The acclaimed actress explained that she “could not book a movie” for years at the start of her career.
Julianne – who has starred in films such as Boogie Nights, The Kids Are All Right and The Lost World: Jurassic Park – shared: “I could not book a movie. I was like, a movie career is not going to happen for me. Movies in the ’80s were, they were doing things in the ’80s like, what’s that one with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover? ‘Lethal Weapon.’ Those were the years, ’80s movies were like that.”
