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Williams: 'Dawson's Creek was like mob'

Michelle Williams at The 54th BFI London Film Festival


Michelle Williams has compared her time on Dawson's Creek to being in the mob.

The actress - who played Jen Lindley on the WB drama - admitted that she felt frustrated with the material she was given and used her time on the series to prepare herself for better jobs in the future.

"I said to a friend [that] being on Dawson's Creek was kind of like being a mobster. You set up a shop selling pizza but in the back you're laundering money," she explained to PopEater.


Williams went on to say that she upheld her integrity when choosing roles after leaving Dawson's Creek despite the opportunity for easy money.

"It was never an option to me to make a lot of money or do work I couldn't get behind. That's not my nature. What is hard is living up to your own expectations. Yes, it was hard getting jobs I wanted," she said.

"I was a pop tart. It took patience and baby steps. I did a play in New York that wasn't about being blonde, which led to a role in an HBO thing to a role in a British drama. As F Scott Fitzgerald said, 'Gradually, then suddenly'."

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