Elisabeth Moss explains why she doesn't speak openly about being a Scientologist too often
"I don’t want people to be distracted by something when they’re watching me," says the Handmaid's Tale star
Elisabeth Moss is one of those celebrities who’s always appeared to be pretty normal—but then you remember that she’s a Scientologist. Unlike other celebrities, including poster child for Scientology, Tom Cruise, Moss didn’t get into Scientology after becoming famous—she was actually raised within the pseudo-religion. But she’s rarely open about that aspect of her life.
In a new interview for The New Yorker, Moss gives a rare, candid look into the role that Scientology plays in her life, and she shares why she chooses not to talk about it too much.
“I don’t want to come off as being cagey,” she explains. “If you and I met, just hanging out as friends, I’m, like, an open book about it.” But, she added, “I don’t want people to be distracted by something when they’re watching me. I want them to be seeing the character. I feel like, when actors reveal too much of their lives, I’m sometimes watching something and I’m going, Oh, I know that she just broke up with that person, or, I know that she loves to do hot yoga, or whatever it is.”