Julianne Moore says she's 'never going to be Sarah Palin'

Washington, Feb 14 (ANI): Julianne Moore has revealed that it was a "crazy challenge" as she tried to portray former governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, in HBO's new movie 'Game Change'.

Moore spoke about the role in an interview with Capitol File magazine.

"It was a crazy, crazy challenge just to attempt to portray her - a living and extremely well-known and well-documented figure," the Politico quoted her as telling the publication.

"I basically had two months to prepare, so I cleared my schedule of everything, literally.

"I cleared everything that didn't involve my family - I just let go of it and spent all my time doing research. It was total immersion," she said.

She went to describe how she worked on Palin's characterization in the movie.

"The trickiest thing is to take all these physical and vocal characteristics and somehow filter the character's essence through them. And then you personally have to meet them somewhere, too.

"There's this melding that has to happen...You have a responsibility to illuminate that person, to capture whatever their essence is, or to find their humanity - the stuff that makes them who they are.

"At the end of the day, I'm never going to be Sarah Palin. Thankfully, only Sarah Palin is Sarah Palin," she said.

As for Moore's personal feelings about Palin, it's a mixed bag. Despite admiring how Palin "worked her way from local government" and "was representing an entire swath of the public that had previously felt invisible" Moore said that Palin was not fit for the job she aspired to.

"She was not qualified to be vice president. She wasn't a qualified candidate. I think that became quite evident during the campaign," Moore said.

"It was so shocking to me when she resigned the governorship of Alaska when the presidential election was over. I was stunned. I just think that shows such an unbelievable lack of interest in the actual governing," she added. (ANI)