News | Entertainment
28 Oct 2025 10:35
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Catherine O'Hara is "so grateful" that she grew up without the internet

    The 70-year-old actress began her career on the stage in the early 1970s and has become known for her screen roles in 'Home Alone' and 'Schitt's Creek' but admitted that she couldn't have really honed her craft in the way she would have liked had she been worrying about others what may think of her on social media.


    She told Stylist magazine: "I'm so grateful I learned to do what I'm still trying to do in a world without the internet. I started in a theatre where we improvised every night and it was for that audience only.

    "Pre-internet, it was so much easier to try things and not have them critiqued or put down. It allowed you to fail and you have to fail and not be afraid of getting things wrong. If you worry about being judged by strangers, it stifles you. "Even if you do it subconsciously, you are restraining yourself because you're aware of the reaction you might get. "That's so sad. I'm glad I got to fail over and over and to keep trying new things."

    The 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' star has also naturally faced rejection as an actress throughout her illustrious career but learned to deal with it by accepting that she has "no power" in changing anything when things don't necessarily go her way.

    She said: "If you try for something and don't get it, you don't have any power in changing that fact. So you can wallow in your sorrow, which of course I've done, but it's so much more satisfying if you can acknowledge that you have no power in it, if you can believe it just was not meant for you."

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     28 Oct: Francis Ford Coppola is selling off his beloved watches after losing millions on flop movie Megalopolis
     28 Oct: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex goes barefoot to put her guests at ease
     28 Oct: Emma Stone changed her name to Riley for six months
     25 Oct: Isabelle Tate has died aged 23
     25 Oct: Jim Parsons still has "so many" special memories from his time on The Big Bang Theory
     25 Oct: Ashley Park's on-screen character enjoys some "big moments" in the new season of Emily in Paris
     25 Oct: Bruce Springsteen saved director Scott Cooper's family after the Los Angeles wildfires
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    All Blacks coach Scott Robertson is downplaying any rustiness from Ireland for Sunday's test in Chicago More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    A new flight route is taking off between Christchurch and its sister city, Adelaide More...



     Today's News

    Rugby:
    All Blacks coach Scott Robertson is downplaying any rustiness from Ireland for Sunday's test in Chicago 10:27

    National:
    Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere is an underwhelming ode to ‘the boss’ 10:27

    Entertainment:
    Francis Ford Coppola is selling off his beloved watches after losing millions on flop movie Megalopolis 10:21

    International:
    Israeli families wait for release of remaining hostages in Gaza 10:17

    National:
    Javier Milei’s victory in Argentina’s midterm elections is also a win for Trump 10:17

    Rugby:
    From a broken neck to the New Zealand development XV in the span of a year for fullback Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens  10:07

    Law and Order:
    The leader most capable of governing a future Palestinian state is languishing in an Israeli jail 10:07

    International:
    Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson labelled 'hypocrites' by royal biographer over their connection to Jeffrey Epstein 10:07

    Entertainment:
    Meghan, Duchess of Sussex goes barefoot to put her guests at ease 9:51

    Living & Travel:
    Queenstown's tourism recovery is leading the rest of the country 9:27


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd