14 DAY TRIAL // Despite constantly ranking at the top of the most desirable women charts, Katherine Heigl has lost a lot in terms of popularity for being outspoken and, more often than not, careless about her use of profanity. Far from being a flaw, the actress sees it as the best example that, in order to fit in Hollywood, you have to lose something of your personality, as she tells in the August issue of InStyle magazine.
Heigl came to become as popular as she is now once she was cast in ABC’s highly successful medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy,” which continues to be among the shows with the highest ratings to date. Shortly after becoming a household name, the star fell out with the public following a statement in which she said producers and writers on the show specifically created her part as Dr. Isobel “Izzie” Stevens in such a way so that she wouldn’t get an Emmy, a declaration that got her the label of “ungrateful.”
Still, the star is now telling the mag, just because she doesn’t say the things people expect to hear of her, that does not mean she’s an ingrate. Either way, no matter what people believe, she will not change who she is just so that she’s accepted.
“Now I’ve got this moniker that I’m the foot-in-the-mouth gal, and I keep thinking, In what way? Because I said something you don’t agree with? Because I said something you don’t like? I’m just telling you my opinion. I hate the idea that I can’t be honest about how I feel about things because it’s going to [expletive] somebody off who feels differently. That seems preposterous to me.” Heigl explains for the mag.
In the same interview, the actress also addresses a couple of questions on a more personal note, such as dealing with personal tragedy, and meeting and falling in love with her husband, Josh Kelley. As to the former (her brother's death and her mother's battle with cancer, more specifically), Katherine says tragedy has taught her to accept life as it is, with the good and the bad, and learn something from each experience. Because of this, death, she adds, is not the kind of experience you usually overcome, but rather integrate in your life and move away from.
As for meeting singer-songwriter Kelly, who later became her husband, Heigl explains she was the luckiest girl in the world. “I was fed up with trying to be somebody else and got really lucky and met a great guy who loved me for me. It’s hard – I think women have to struggle to define themselves, to find what they want. I keep telling my friends, seriously, write down what you want and make it specific. Like, I’m talking, do you want a beach house in Venice? Be specific and be creative and define not only what you want in your career but what you want in your personal life.” the actress adds.