The iconic actor talks about her MS journey, accessibility in Hollywood, and finding joy in community. SELFmagazine
she was similarly cast as the dark-haired supporting foil to uniformly blonde leading ladies. She was featured on, but appeared behind the fold. That kind of industry shoehorning might have made another person cynical about the business, but 20-plus years into her career, Blair remains unabashedly and earnestly enamored of it. “I never had that competitive drive that would make me uncomfortable if I didn’t get a role,” she says. “I always rooted for whoever got it.
When she was driving Arthur to school one day, Farber pulled up alongside her at a red light. They were both headed to the same coffee shop. Farber’s partner for the upcoming season had just dropped out, leaving him in a pinch, and when he saw Blair that day, something clicked. At the café, he asked her to consider joining him on the show, but Blair laughed him off.
Blair was convinced she would only last one episode before being voted off and was surprised to find that Farber’s instinct had been right: She both loved the experience and desperately wanted to win it all. “I felt like I was in college again and you love the class,” she says. “You know, like, I never knew I loved printmaking! It immediately transformed my way of thinking, and it immediately put a pep in my step.
“I would’ve felt more capable if I could have kept up with the Joneses,” she says of her decision to walk away. “That’s just the fact of it. But considering what I had just been through, I took time to be proud. It did give me permission to…” she trails off, reconsidering. “Maybe permission isn’t the right word. It did give me some inner knowledge that I’m stronger than I thought.”
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