politics
Stockard Channing: ‘I cried at the election of Joe Biden, thinking we were out of the woods. Wrong!’
The actor on being told she was no Ingrid Bergman, forgetting her lines on stage, and not caring about getting older
TL;DR
- Stockard Channing, 82, is making her directorial debut at the Edinburgh festival with Krapp’s Last Tape.
- Her greatest fear is climate change, and she deplores ignorance in others.
- She was mortified when she forgot her lines on stage 15 years ago.
- She would bring back a vibrant political culture if she could revive something extinct.
- She lives in London and her latest film is Practical Magic 2.