As a Best Actress nominee at last night’s Oscars, Michelle Williams was one of the ceremony’s most anticipated leading ladies. Along with being acknowledged for her role as Mitzi in Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans (a fictional character based on Spielberg’s real life mother), Williams says her favorite part of the night was being able to celebrate the cast and crew who made the film possible. “When we made this movie, we existed as a family We were the Fabelmans,” says Williams. “Being able to see each other through awards season has kept me close to the people I love so dearly. Steven, Tony, Paul, Gabe, Seth they gave me a seminal experience on a personal and professional level, and they will always be in my heart.”
While the Oscars were the grand finale event to this year’s awards season, Williams admits that she will continue to find it difficult to detach herself from her character even now that the film’s press tour is officially over. Mostly, because the character taught her some valuable real life lessons. “She taught me how to engage more deeply in this present moment. Her ability to play with her children, spark their imaginations, and build their wonder for the world will continue to inspire my mothering,” says Williams. “Her radical adherence to selfhood, in a time when she must have stood so alone in her decision to follow her heart, continues to resonate for me.”
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