From Health magazine
House M.D. star Jennifer Morrison—now also in the hit movie Star Trek—shares how she beats bad days, what keeps her strong, and why she’d rather not know what’s in the soy chai lattes she loves. (Get her fitness tips here.)
Q: So, tell the truth: Were you a Star Trek fan growing up?
Not at all. I hadn’t seen any of them and still haven’t! When I got the call to go in and meet for it, I was like, “I don’t think I’m going to get this. I don’t know anything about Star Trek.” It ended up turning out to be to my advantage because [director] J.J. Abrams wanted to have a new fresh take on it.
Q: You play Captain Kirk’s mom—what’s it like playing the mom of a guy’s greatest hero? Have die-hard fans stopped you on the street?
I don’t think I comprehended what this meant. [Laughs.] Guys have come up to me and said, “You don’t understand, this is like being the mother of Jesus!” and I’m like, “Whoa, slow down, that’s a little extreme!”
Q: You’ve been playing Dr. Cameron on House M.D. for five years. What do your doctors think of the show?
I hear a lot of, “Gosh, House says a lot of things I wish I could say but can’t!”
Q: Does playing an MD affect how you approach your own health?
Medicine, in general, scares me a little bit more. It’s made me realize how you have to take your health in your own hands on some level. You should be in tune with your own needs and body, because mistakes do happen.
Q: You’ve said you feel stronger now than you did five years ago. What led to the change?
I’m so used to having been physically active my whole life and feeling that strength. And I remember being on a plane and reaching to put my roller bag above the seats, feeling like I could barely lift it. I just felt so fragile, and I was like, Oh, I don’t like this feeling. That was the moment that made me start prioritizing my time in a new way. I hired a yoga instructor for early in the morning, so at least I knew I was going to get an hour in before I went to work. Plus, I have been boxing. Now I can put 10 bags up there!
Q: What’s your secret to staying slim?
I never eat past being full. At a restaurant, if I’m full from my appetizer, I only have five or six bites of my main meal and I’ll just take the rest home.
Q: Do you have a favorite splurge?
My vice is chai soy lattes at Starbucks. I don’t know if it’s good or bad for me, and I don’t want to know! I’m assuming it’s probably bad for me.
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Comments (28)
Thank you so much for interviewing Jennifer Morrison. Will she be in the printed edition too?
Thank you for this lovely interview! Jennifer Morrison is so beautiful and yet so down-to-earth!
I don’t like her at all. She is the most narcissistic and self aggrandizing person I’ve ever met.
She used to be someone I had a great amount of respect for, but I’ve since lost all admiration for her. I agree wholeheartedly with Wilma, Dawn, and Jill: Jennifer Morrison comes across as nothing save pretentious and megalomaniacal. And to Sarah, I’m a diehard Cameron/Chameron fan, and I don’t like Jennifer Morrison. …Just saying…
It’s more pretentious pretending to know someone who you’ve never met in real life and bash that person. Just saying.
She’s beautiful and very generous. Jill, please don’t use terms like narcissistic and self aggrandizing person. I’m a fan, and this is an insult.
I have never met her but her interviews are always filled with self-indulgent statements, which come across phony and pompous.
She’s lovely. What a great interview. Thanks
Jill/Wilma, jealous much, let me guess, you’re a bitter Huddy/Cuddy fan, right?
Well Sarah, I don’t think you have to be a jealous Cuddy fan to not like J. Morrison. I don’t like her either. She always has to tell people how sure she is of herself. Don’t get me wrong it’s great to be confident but with her it always sounds like: “I know, I’m so much better than other people”.
I have to ask: why do you read an interview with her when you don’t even like her? I don’t read interviews with actors I don’t like or I’m not interested in, so why read it and even worse comment? There are other actresses in this industry who are by far more arrogant that Jennifer Morrison, she’s just a nice, self-confident person. My opinion about Lisa Edelstein, for example, is exactly like yours about Jennifer – which is why I neither read nor comment on interviews with her or articles about her. Sometimes it’s just better to shut up, you know?
Well Dawn, I think Jennifer Morrison is a very down to earth woman and full of life. I love that she’s confident about herself and I doubt that she thinks she’s better than other people.
Lovely interview :), such a lovely down to earth person and a gorgeous pic to go with it :)
thanks for the nice interview!
I have alredy met her 2 years ago and I can confirm she is down to earth, simple and angelic as she comes uout form her interviews!!!
thanks again,
Vittoria
Thank you so much for this interview.
Jennifer is so lovely and beautiful *O*
Serena
wow! I love so much Jennifer! Great interview! the pic is beautiful! I hope to see more pics with Jennifer!
She’s so wonderful and gorgeous and always seems to be so full of life.
Thanks for the interview, I hope it’s in the printed edition too
She’s such a beautiful person, inside and out.
Thanks for this wonderful interview
Thank you very much! she is such a beautiful person, and a lovely actress.
What an encouraging interview. She seems like a very sane and well-grounded person, surprising in one so young. She also takes responsiblity for herself and her own life.
She’s also doing a lot of hand-on charity work. She seems like a good role model for young women.
so, is she a brunette, or blonde? She’s been both in the show; who gets to decide anyway? Is her hair color her choice, or the producers?
She’s a natural blonde, but not that blonde, she dyed her hair back to blonde WITH the producers’ consent, they have the last word.
Thanx for posting this, she’s
so funny, intelligent and BEAUTIFUL… just the best
Love ya Jen!
She is just pathetic. So pretentious…arggggg
Pathetic is posting a comment about someone you don’t even like, why bother to come here and read the interview in the first place? If you want to call someone pretentious look at yourself in the mirror.
Thank you so much for this interview!! I love Her. She’s is beautiful!!!
i love her on house! i love the way her clothes fit her on the set! no wonder, she’s a health buff too!
How silly and shallow to make any judgments on someone you barely or don’t even know!