Jane Anderson Quotes on Characters (2 Quotes)

Anderson understands that Evelyn runs the risk of seeming a little too saintly. That's why the character of Tuff is such a great sounding board, because she's the one who says, How can you bear it' ... And Evelyn Ryan, being who she was, could find satisfaction in any situation that she was living in. She found the magic, and the profundity, in the act of raising children. And, oh man, I couldn't do that.

The two other parts Moore played from the '50s are so different from Evelyn Ryan. The character she played in The Hours was a woman who fled the oppression of her home. Evelyn Ryan stayed. She chose to brave it out, because she was determined to make sure every one of those 10 kids of hers made it out of that house intact. It's heroic.