(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Kim Cattrall says being an actress is a lonely life and she regrets not having children.
The 54-year-old star has enjoyed success playing maneater Samantha Jones in Sex and the City and will soon appear in a Broadway production of Private Lives. Kim claims she has had to sacrifice relationships for her demanding career.
She dreamed of starting a family, but after several failed romances she accepts she may have left it too late.
"You know the price that you pay not all actors, but this actor is that I've been very lonely a lot in my life. I've had two marriages and I loved both my husbands very much, but I didn't see very much of them. [The length of my work days] is really hard on relationships. You never see anybody... And that's a very tough thing for a woman," she explained in an interview with British newspaper The Independent. "I've always wanted to have children. That never happened. And I thought, Well, I'll do it next year. I'll do it after this film.'
"Luckily I have great friends and I have found a tremendous amount of happiness in mentoring young actors. They're like my kids."
Kim also broached the subject of another Sex and the City movie.
The second big screen instalment failed to impress critics when it was released in 2010 and Kim admits she is more interested in challenging herself with new roles at the moment.
"I don't want to hear any more from a publicist in New York, no matter how much I love her. I know exactly what Jones is going to say all the time and it's a character that has so many choices," she explained. "Now I want to give a voice to characters that don't have anything. I would never bite the hand that has fed me, believe me, and who knows what may happen as far as another venture down that road, but that is not what excites me."
Kim believes it is more likely that a prequel to the popular franchise will be made next, with stars such as Blake Lively, Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez linked to the project.
While Kim would be happy for Samantha and her friends to be portrayed in their younger years, she insists bosses must think carefully before they hand out roles. "They better get it right casting-wise," she warned. (C) Cover Media