Whoopi Goldberg thinks people “forget” that she is an actress.
The 69-year-old star made her name in Hollywood with movies like ‘Sister Act’ and ‘Ghost’ in the 1990s and has anchored the daytime talk show ‘The View’ since 2007 but now that she has taken on the role of Miss Hannigan in a new production of the classic musical ‘Annie’ in New York, has admitted that she wants to spend more time getting back to her roots.
Speaking on ‘The View’, she said: “I haven’t done this in a while and it was interesting for me to see how it worked but one of the things that people forget is that I am first and foremost, an actor.
“I was fortunate to get this gig when I needed it when I really needed it. Barbara Walters and Joy [Behar] put me in here. And it’s been wonderful, but I am an actor.
“I missed it but I also realized that it’s been a while since I’ve done it. I have to weigh it out. I don’t like to leave them in the lurch and disappear and go stuff. “But the older I’m getting, I wanna get back to that.”
The EGOT winner – who starred as Mother Superior in the West End production of ‘Sister Act’ 2010 and won a Tony Award when she produced ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ on Broadway in 2002 and it was named Best New Musical – was keen to remind viewers that while they may be “angry” at the opinions she sometimes puts across, appearing as herself on a talk show is not the sole purpose of her career.
She said: “I say that to remind folks at home, and particularly people who I am and why I am the way I think, or are very angry at me oftentimes because of the things that I say…you’re hearing from an actor person who is living a life, doing what she’s supposed to be doing. This is not all I do, this is not all I am but it’s a great part of it.”
