I was blown away at Andy performance! I didn’t even know she had it in her to play this crazy nutty fun loving mother! Was really captivating seeing the dynamic between Andy and her daughter! Well done! 👏🏾
So amazing. I binged watched the show over the last two days. Brought up a lot of healing opportunities for me, my background when my children were very young was very similar to Alex's, sans the mom with mental health challenges. I didn't have a mom who was for me, actually my whole family was against me, hence how much I could relate to Alex's experience. My daughter is now 28 and we are very close. I can really relate to how Andi shares her experience with working with Margaret, I love how she was protecting her and nurturing her on camera and off. So wonderful. The best of mom-daughter relationship. I cried many times watching, crying again. Kuddos. Andi and Margaret. In this very strange time, this is a piece of cinematic healing for millions. God bless.
Me just pausing the series on season 1 episode 9 because I see the title of this video and just found out at 3:07 a.m. on 10/13/2021 that they are real mother & daughter 😱
I love you Andie Macdowell, going way back to the days when you played “Green Card” , one of my favorite movies. I loved this show so much , I watched it over 3 times and I can relate as my own mothers suffers from Schizophrenia and I was able to relate to your role and what Alex was going through like how I am dealing with it today just taking care of my mother and always worried about her and my needs on the side. So happy 🎉 congrats on amazing job.
Wow, loved this interview. I've always been a fan of Andie MacDowell and never knew we had such similar backgrounds. People say I resemble her in looks--esp the big dark hair, we are around the same age and I'm southern. I am loving Maid and could relate to the characters a lot, I often cry watching it. My mother had mental illness (paranoid schizophrenia) and died young. Growing up with an unpredictable mother was fun and horrible at the same time. I had always wished my mother was like my friends' mothers and would be helpful, thoughtful, or just be there. I ended up having to take care of her. Like Andie, I have a half-brother, who was my mother's favorite because his father was my mother's one true love. He did help me out by letting momma come live with him for a while. I wish the show GREAT SUCCESS, the acting is brilliant!
Great point about diagnoses. And how the character is self medicating. Very interesting interview. And, if it makes anyone feel better-I watched the movie and felt like it WAS Paula’s choice to let Alex go off to college and make a life for herself.
Paula was hopeless in life and love and Port Hampstead was her comforter. Even the thought of throwing it off to test out different opportunities or towns was beyond her abilities... she was so set in her ways and caged in by her own poverty despite the front she put on to the outside world. I originally thought her decision to not go with Alex and Maddy was more a symptom of her emptiness than a conscious choice... then again, there were moments where she was very maternal and so maybe deciding to stay in Port Hampstead was her way of helping Alex truly break the poverty cycle. Paula had nothing and felt like she was nothing, hiding behind the veneer of a cheesy smile every day. How I loved the way Andie played this maniacal character... I thought for a bit there that it might be undiagnosed dementia but I guess the producers left a big question mark over that one for us to decide for ourselves.
HELLO ANDIE ! I MET YOU IN NYC ONCE WHEN I WAS BEING THE SOUND BOOM ON A SERIES YOU WERE IN. I CAN RELATE TO PANIC ATTACKS. IT'S REALLY FUN TO HAVE ONE WHEN YOU'RE BOOMING A MOVIE ! BRAKE A LEG !
This series, and the book should be required reading for all DSHS employees and those who work in shelters. They exist for people exactly like Alex and Paula, especially today with rampant mental illness and drug addiction. Overhaul the insufferable paperwork and red tape.
Seriously? She played the part magnificently, I can't imagine anyone else as Paula, can you? If my mother was Andie McDowell I would have wanted her for the part as well.
Andie did AMAZING!!!! 👏🏼 I had no idea Andie and Margaret are mother & daughter in real life. I think that just makes this show 10x better!
Honestly one of the best acting performances I've ever seen.
I was blown away at Andy performance! I didn’t even know she had it in her to play this crazy nutty fun loving mother! Was really captivating seeing the dynamic between Andy and her daughter! Well done! 👏🏾
Me toooo! She played that role so well, great acting! I actually didn’t even realize they were related in real life lol
just wow, I was blown away by her performance. If it was a movie Oscar worthy. I hope they both get nominted for Emmys
Yes ! Hope there will be a second season !!!
HER REAL DAUGHTER???!!!! That explains their chemistry. The whole time I kept thinking how well they matched them up as mother and daughter. ❤❤
Yesss same here!
What an amazing performance. I wanted to shake her throughout the movie and, at the same time, wanted to protect her.
Definitely going to win an award for this performance
I would be disappointed if Andy doesn’t! She was amazing
So amazing. I binged watched the show over the last two days. Brought up a lot of healing opportunities for me, my background when my children were very young was very similar to Alex's, sans the mom with mental health challenges. I didn't have a mom who was for me, actually my whole family was against me, hence how much I could relate to Alex's experience. My daughter is now 28 and we are very close. I can really relate to how Andi shares her experience with working with Margaret, I love how she was protecting her and nurturing her on camera and off. So wonderful. The best of mom-daughter relationship. I cried many times watching, crying again. Kuddos. Andi and Margaret. In this very strange time, this is a piece of cinematic healing for millions. God bless.
I can't get this series out of my head. Margaret held her own in an amazing way and Andie was masterful.
I FINALLY SEEN TH’ MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN I EVER SEEN!!!
Andie & Margaret, fantastic acting. Brilliant performances xxX
Me just pausing the series on season 1 episode 9 because I see the title of this video and just found out at 3:07 a.m. on 10/13/2021 that they are real mother & daughter 😱
I love you Andie Macdowell, going way back to the days when you played “Green Card” , one of my favorite movies. I loved this show so much , I watched it over 3 times and I can relate as my own mothers suffers from Schizophrenia and I was able to relate to your role and what Alex was going through like how I am dealing with it today just taking care of my mother and always worried about her and my needs on the side. So happy 🎉 congrats on amazing job.
Wow, loved this interview. I've always been a fan of Andie MacDowell and never knew we had such similar backgrounds. People say I resemble her in looks--esp the big dark hair, we are around the same age and I'm southern. I am loving Maid and could relate to the characters a lot, I often cry watching it. My mother had mental illness (paranoid schizophrenia) and died young. Growing up with an unpredictable mother was fun and horrible at the same time. I had always wished my mother was like my friends' mothers and would be helpful, thoughtful, or just be there. I ended up having to take care of her. Like Andie, I have a half-brother, who was my mother's favorite because his father was my mother's one true love. He did help me out by letting momma come live with him for a while. I wish the show GREAT SUCCESS, the acting is brilliant!
Andy was the best actor on the show! She did amazing
Anita Noni Rose (Regina) blew everyone out of the water with her breakdown scene. We were watching actors vs a real person.
I think they were all so great and unique, it’s hard to pick
Her hair is so fabulous
Incredible acting!
Great point about diagnoses. And how the character is self medicating. Very interesting interview. And, if it makes anyone feel better-I watched the movie and felt like it WAS Paula’s choice to let Alex go off to college and make a life for herself.
Paula was hopeless in life and love and Port Hampstead was her comforter. Even the thought of throwing it off to test out different opportunities or towns was beyond her abilities... she was so set in her ways and caged in by her own poverty despite the front she put on to the outside world. I originally thought her decision to not go with Alex and Maddy was more a symptom of her emptiness than a conscious choice... then again, there were moments where she was very maternal and so maybe deciding to stay in Port Hampstead was her way of helping Alex truly break the poverty cycle. Paula had nothing and felt like she was nothing, hiding behind the veneer of a cheesy smile every day.
How I loved the way Andie played this maniacal character... I thought for a bit there that it might be undiagnosed dementia but I guess the producers left a big question mark over that one for us to decide for ourselves.
This is a great interview.
Andy is great in "Maid"! P.S. one of my first crush watching "Four weddings and a funeral"
HELLO ANDIE ! I MET YOU IN NYC ONCE WHEN I WAS BEING THE SOUND BOOM ON A SERIES YOU WERE IN. I CAN RELATE TO PANIC ATTACKS. IT'S REALLY FUN TO HAVE ONE WHEN YOU'RE BOOMING A MOVIE ! BRAKE A LEG !
Amazing series
You gotta love Paula: saying it takes a square to know a trapezoid, and calling her beloved Chevy her cobalt bitch!
Yasss! One of my favorite lines.
Really wonderful.
This series, and the book should be required reading for all DSHS employees and those who work in shelters. They exist for people exactly like Alex and Paula, especially today with rampant mental illness and drug addiction. Overhaul the insufferable paperwork and red tape.
wow
Who is her daughter?
Her daughter is Margaret Qualley, the lead actress in Maid. She was cast and then wanted her mother, Andie MacDowell, to play her mother in the show.
Her daughter who plays Alex on maid
What's with her eyebrows? Still very beautiful though
yaayyyy lets promote nepotism
Seriously? She played the part magnificently, I can't imagine anyone else as Paula, can you? If my mother was Andie McDowell I would have wanted her for the part as well.
I mean...I love Andie Macdowell. So in this case, yes!