Michelle Pfeiffer said in a recent interview with Esquire magazine, "I actually still have this feeling that I might get found out. That I really am a bad actor and I've just been fooling people this whole time. I cannot bear it when I'm channel surfing and there I am, suddenly popping up. I recently watched television with my kids and "Married To The Mob" was on and I was only able to watch it for 15 to 20 minutes".
Then she turned to one of the loves of her life and explained the reason for her relative lack of involvement in the entertainment industry. "Painting is one thing that's contributed to my hiatus. It wasn't a conscious decision. I just get immersed in whatever it is that I'm doing. When I make movies I don't paint and when I'm painting it's hard to get me to read any scripts. Whatever it is that I get from acting, I also get from painting. I was perfectly happy and to be honest, I didn't realize that so many years were passing".
