""I might announce on this show that I became a grandmother last year," she said on the Sept. 29 episode of the "SmartLess" podcast, hosted by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett. After the hosts applauded the good news, Pfeiffer continued, "I've been very quiet about it and it is - it's heaven. It's ridiculous. And if I had known that I was going to be a grandmother, I wouldn't have taken on so much work, but I've enjoyed everything and I'm really grateful.""
"'Well, one thing that's great about having kids, especially given my career, is that it forces you out of your narcissism,' she said in a 2007 interview with Good Housekeeping. 'I mean, I'm in a career where my product is me. So it was nice to have something, someone, come along and take the focus off me. I really needed to give myself some distractions from myself.'"
""I don't have the time to, nor the desire, to go that deep for that long and not be present," she said. "I realize, you know, that I have a finite amount of time left." Pfeiffer said that 'giving up the angst' about the process of finding her character and performing for the camera has 'freed me up. And I feel in some ways has made me better.'"
Michelle Pfeiffer became a grandmother last year and described the experience as 'heaven' and 'ridiculous,' saying she had been quiet about the news. She adopted daughter Claudia in 1993, married David E. Kelley that same year, and later had a son, John, in 1994. Pfeiffer said having children forced her out of narcissism because her product is herself, and that family shifted her focus. She noted that grandchildren and other distractions reduce her desire to dive deeply into roles for long stretches. Letting go of performance angst has freed her and, she believes, improved her work.
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