Why does eddie izzard dress up

Hollywood will be that way until money is made. I am trying to have my cake and eat it, because I am essentially transgender. I have boy mode and girl mode. I do feel I have boy genetics and girl genetics. I have played one transgender character. I will play hopefully more transgender roles in the future, but there are a lot of boy genetics in me so I am happy to play boy roles.

It would be great if more transgender actors can play more transgender characters. But the trouble with Hollywood is they have to see money, or some financial incentive in doing it. It would be driven to make a profit first because it is show business. My self-belief has helped me get things going in these two careers. I am about to perform in Spanish in Central and South America. Hanging out with those guys was a wonderful thing. Some people believe in a God, well, good for them but any God that said that my mum had to get cancer - no.

The comedian said she believes her mother would be 'positive' about her life choices, adding: 'I think Mum would have been cool on it. Eddie is currently taking part in a charity challenge to run 31 marathons in 31 days alongside performing 31 stand-up comedy shows, and spoke to Simon as she completed her 18th marathon on a treadmill. She is raising funds for the Make Humanity Great Again campaign, which gives money to charities making a real difference to disadvantaged and vulnerable people at this difficult time - including some of those dealing with the wider effects of the Covid 19 pandemic.

Speaking about her own experience, she told the podcast: 'It's a tricky life, people still give you rubbish in the streets, it's still a tough fight. She told the podcast: 'I wanted to get a seat as a member of the Labour Party to be an MP in the last election - that didn't happen for whatever reason.

I'm entering the political phase of my life. But politics is what I'm about to go into once we get through this hellish Covid. Life, Interrupted is available on Global Player or wherever you get your podcasts every Monday. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Argos AO. Privacy Policy Feedback. Eddie Izzard claims she contemplated being female at the age of five and is now firmly in 'girl mode' despite having both 'girl and boy' genetics Yemen-born comedian, 58, now identifies as a trans woman and is in 'girl mode' Admits she leads a 'tricky life' and people still give her 'rubbish in the streets' Knew from childhood when living in Northern Ireland that she was gender fluid By Hayley Richardson For Mailonline Published: GMT, 1 February Updated: GMT, 1 February e-mail View comments.

Share this article Share. Share or comment on this article: Eddie Izzard claims she contemplated being female at the age of five and has 'girl and boy' genetics e-mail. She believes they should be allies rather than enemies. How do we change that conversation? Izzard, aged 58, is dressed soberly in a shirt and jacket, and could easily pass as a politician.

In fact, she says this is how she will dress when not if she wins her seat. Has she talked to Labour about standing in the next election? But still, a lot of other people want to stand, so nothing is a given. Is she as determined about this as she has been about her standup, acting and running? So after climbing to the top of the standup mountain she walked back down and started again at the bottom of the acting mountain.

And now, having made a respectable career for herself in acting, she is preparing to give it all up for Westminster. Why is it so important for her to go into politics? Moderates have got to go in. Why does she do all the marathons — are they an obsession? Again she returns to her early life and trans issues. Great for reclaiming the sort of fitness I had as a kid. I can see in their eyes they go: well, fair play.

In so many ways, she is bursting with self-belief. But Izzard says she has never found relationships easy. As a kid, she struggled to make an impression on girls she fancied. And now as an out trans woman she reckons it may get a whole lot harder. Does she prefer not being in a relationship? Is she worried that transitioning may harm her career? After all, she worked so hard to be recognised as an actor, and now casting directors may well be unsure what to do with her.

Thirty-five fucking years, mate, how much warning do you need? It wasn't like some thunderous split-up, we're just exes that get on very well. That wasn't … it wasn't a problem, because it wasn't one of those blowouts. We get on very well, but we're now not … we're exes…". It still doesn't totally stack up — the pair got together while Izzard was still a student, or at least in Sheffield being a sort-of student. And they didn't split up till the middle of the documentary.

So they could have been together for 20 years, or they could have started making the documentary three years into the relationship and split up shortly after that, which would explain all the great early footage.

His reluctance to give a timescale is endearing, even while it is also annoying. As a standup, Izzard has been absent for the past couple of years, acting in films and the series, Riches, which didn't get off the ground but should have.

He's obviously driven, but I came away with an inexact impression of which direction he's driving in. The film acting has never failed, but it's moving pretty slowly — smallish parts, in films that so far haven't ignited.

A reviewer said, why would anyone go off to be a so-so actor, when they were a great stand-up comedian? He has plans to do another standup tour in French, which consolidates both the fact that he's done it before, and his fiercely pro-European political stance.

This is almost the least comprehensible thing about him: of all the causes he would throw his considerable weight behind metaphorically I mean, about the weight , he chose Europe. It seems like such an eddy. Like, why should I say I'm a transvestite? I could have kept it secret and lied about it. Instead, I thought, 'no, this is true, I'm going to tell people'.

And I got the space for myself, maybe someone else can get some space out of that. Just like I thought with Europe, if we can do this, then other continents can learn to work together in some shape or form and … you know, you've got to get to a place where two billion people aren't having to live on two dollars a day. I love the aim of solving global poverty, of course, but my first thought is, I wouldn't start from here.

I wouldn't start off by trying to foster co-operation across Europe. It's such an incredibly long way round. However, I am won over: he's not talking about a single currency, he's just talking about the nations of Europe working together. It might not be a sufficient criterion for world peace, but it's certainly a necessary one.

Bear in mind, Izzard takes the long way round to everywhere, and he gets there, and he stays there. His is the way to make stuff happen.