Meg Ryan is embracing her age, but that doesn’t mean she wants it to define her.
In the latest issue of Porter Magazine, the 54-year-old says she wants women to be known for more than their appearance. “There are more important conversations than how women look and how they are aging,”; she tells the mag.
“We get stuck in these conversations about looks and hair colour and our roots,”; she goes on. “It’s interesting and funny for five minutes, but it’s not that interesting.”;
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So what does she want to talk about? For one, her directorial debut, Ithaca. Although she got to call the shots, Ryan says she made a conscious effort to be a team player. “It was very important for me as a director to know when someone had a better idea than mine,”; she says. “But I really understand visuals. I understand what a frame means and how you make it more powerful.”;
The film, opening New Year’s Eve, stars Ryan’s frequent collaborator, Tom Hanks. “He’s a dream,”; she raves. “He’s charming and open. He’s amazing, incredible. This is just one example of what he’s like. In the film, he had to whisper something to loop in later. He did it 20 times, again and again! He just wanted us to be happy.”;
In addition to Hanks, Ryan also collaborated with ex-boyfriend John Mellencamp. “He’s the perfect kind of songwriter for this story,”; she says. “He’s world class. There’s not one speck of music that’s not his. He’s got some kind of magic touch.”;
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Although Mellencamp has moved on to a new relationship with supermodel Christie Brinkley, Ryan says she’s “on a little break”; from romance. “I’m with my life right now in a way that I adore, with my kids and my world,”; she confesses.
Emma Watson for Porter Magazine
To see the full interview with Meg Ryan buy the latest issue of PORTER, on sale globally on Friday December 4. Also available as a digital edition or go to https://portersubscription.net-a-porter.com/?prom=PTRFN.