Despite the struggle of her family’s unconventional lifestyle, Arquette did gain some positive things from the experience.
Living in the commune helped foster her love of nature and taught her to value life beyond material possessions.
The actor also learned to enjoy her own company, something she has carried with her into adulthood.
“Quiet and solitude too I’m comfortable with quiet and solitude,” she shared withThe Guardian.
““I mean she choked me to the point once where I started blacking out.”
“It’s like a minefield,” the actor explained of their family’s household.
“There was nothing you could really depend on.”
Arquette was woefully unprepared for the importance her peers placed on things like cars and clothes.
“These jeans are better than those jeans, this watch is better than that watch.
I really didn’t understand any of that,” the actor shared withThe Guardian.
It was not a matter of taste, just that Arquette wasn’t raised to care about such things.
“I grew up at a time when the whole world was pretty blatantly creepy.”
Arquette was on a second date with pro-skateboarder Mark Rogowski, A.K.A.
“Gator,” when something didn’t feel quite right to her.
She went into further detail, explaining that this was more than just a bad kiss.
“It felt aggressive,” she wrote.
“Like pushing me back hard with his jaw and it felt like it was angry.”
Arquette trusted her intuition and gave Rogowski a fake number, and it was a good thing she did.
It was a scary time for the actor, as she found herself struggling to make ends meet.
“Making money was very important to me,” the actor explained.
“I ignored it” (viaPeople).
But that wasn’t the end of it.
“The room was packed.
Oliver stopped me coming out of the bathroom,” Arquette wrote in her post.
“He said ‘Why did you bring him?'”
She confronted the director, asking him why it was an issue that she’d brought a date.
Arquette took the opportunity to double down on her assertion, providing the outlet with a startling fact.
“So, we need to address this and we need to address this right away.”
“We learned what real bravery is through watching her journey of living as a trans woman.
Because trans kids it could have meant a lot to them,” Patricia toldVanity Fair.
Getting into character was difficult for Arquette, who toldNewsweek, “There were moments where it was nauseating.
Even though everything was pretend, sometimes it looked so real.”
“I could never stand my kids getting hurt,” the actor explained.
But Arquette rallied and played the role with such intensity that she nabbed an Emmy for her portrayal.
“I got out of the ring and I was totally lost.
I couldn’t see and I couldn’t hear,” he shared withPeopleabout the accident.
Despite the frightening experience, he decided to continue wrestling, much to his sister Patricia’s dismay.
“So, I actually don’t watch the matches because it would terrify me too much.”
“…it is scary, you know?
I mean he is older now,” the actor said.
