Editing Gillian Anderson (section)

===Hobbies and interests===
Due to her upbringing in both the United States and the United Kingdom, Anderson is [[wiktionary:bidialectal|bidialectal]] and can easily switch between an American or British accent depending on the situation.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lowe |first=Lindsay |title=Gillian Anderson is bidialectal — what that means and how she got her accents |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/why-gillian-anderson-has-both-british-american-accents-t210707 |website=TODAY |access-date=June 12, 2021 |date=March 4, 2021}}</ref> Her American accent is [[Inland Northern American English|Midwestern]] as she adopted it after being teased by schoolmates for her British accent as a teenager in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], while her British accent is a soft [[Received Pronunciation]] one due to her childhood in London.<ref name="guardian17">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/mar/11/gillian-anderson-times-when-really-bad|title=Gillian Anderson: 'There were times when life was really bad'|last=Aitkenhead|first=Decca|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=March 11, 2017|access-date=August 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Farndale|first=Nigel|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/5256285/Gillian-Anderson-bares-all.html|title=Gillian Anderson bares all|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=May 1, 2009|access-date=March 24, 2010}}</ref> During an interview with [[BlogTalkRadio]] in May 2013, she discussed her [[national identity]]: "I've been asked whether I feel more like a Brit than an American and I don't know what the answer to that question is. I know that I feel that London is home and I'm very happy with that as my home. I love London as a city and I feel very comfortable there. In terms of identity, I'm still a bit baffled."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/robin-milling/2013/05/24/milling-about-with-gillian-anderson|title=Milling About with Gillian Anderson|date=May 24, 2013|work=[[BlogTalkRadio]]|access-date=September 9, 2015}}</ref> In a September 2024 interview with the BBC, Anderson elaborated further stating: "My cells are American, but my soul is British".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6r14767rro|title=Gillian Anderson: I was surprised by shame of sharing sexual fantasies|last=Razzall|first=Katie|date=September 5, 2024|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>

An avid art collector, Anderson used her first paycheck from ''The X-Files'' to purchase a [[David Blackburn (artist)|David Blackburn]] lithograph.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/afterhours/museums/gillian-anderson-darren-waterston-filthy-lucre-sackler.php|title=Gillian Anderson Is in DC, and the Reason for Her Visit Might Surprise You|date=May 15, 2015|last=Codik|first=Emily|work=[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]]|access-date=August 19, 2015}}</ref> Her collection includes work by artists such as [[Diane Arbus]], [[Helen Levitt]], [[Cindy Sherman]], [[Francesco Clemente]], [[Alexis Rockman]], and [[Kiki Smith]].<ref name="Independent10"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gilliananderson.ws/transcripts/98/98movieline.shtml|title=Gillian of the Spirits|date=January 1, 1999|last=Campbell|first=Virginia|work=[[Movieline]]|access-date=August 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2007/04/23/gillian_anderson_straightheads_2007_interview.shtml|title=Gillian Anderson – Straightheads 2007 Interview|date=April 23, 2007|last=Carnevale|first=Rob|work=[[BBC]]|access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref> She also enjoys architecture and interior design, and periodically works on floor and house planning projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gilliananderson.ws/transcripts/01_04/03instyle.shtml |title=Out of This World |last=Pyun |first=Jeanie |date=2003 |website=The Official Gillian Anderson Website |access-date=January 21, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905080610/https://www.gilliananderson.ws/transcripts/01_04/03instyle.shtml |archive-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref> She has expressed a desire to pursue [[mixed media]] ventures in the future.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/live/2015/feb/06/gillian-anderson-webchat-young-vic-the-departure|title=Gillian Anderson webchat – as it happened|date=June 26, 2015|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=January 21, 2016}}</ref>

Anderson is a [[feminist]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://interviewly.com/i/gillian-anderson-mar-2014-reddit|title=Gillian Anderson reddit AMA – March 2014|date=March 13, 2015|work=Interviewly|access-date=September 9, 2015|archive-date=September 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907210432/http://interviewly.com/i/gillian-anderson-mar-2014-reddit|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtTGOjz_wn4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/MtTGOjz_wn4| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title= Gillian Anderson Q&A Fan Expo 2015|via=YouTube|publisher=Chuck Kahn|date=September 6, 2015|access-date=September 9, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She told [[Glamour (magazine)|''Glamour'']] magazine in August 2014, "I have feminist bones and when I hear things or see people react to women in certain ways I have very little tolerance."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gilliananderson.ws/transcripts/10_15/14glamour.shtml|title=I have a healthy appreciation of Ryan Gosling|last=Walden|first=Celia|work=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]|date=August 1, 2014|access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref> She has several tattoos, all of them, as she described, are in some way about "peace of mind, right mind, right action".<ref name="Newsweek" /> She practices [[meditation]] daily.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newbeauty.com/blog/dailybeauty/9552-gillian-andersons-beauty-secrets-revealed|title=Gillian Anderson's Beauty Secrets Revealed!|last=Minton|first=Elise|work=New Beauty|date=June 24, 2016|access-date=October 26, 2016|archive-date=October 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026232333/https://www.newbeauty.com/blog/dailybeauty/9552-gillian-andersons-beauty-secrets-revealed/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She owned an estate in [[Sri Lanka]] from 2005 to 2012 that formerly belonged to painter [[Justin Pieris Deraniyagala|Justin Deraniyagala]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Official Gillian Anderson Website - Archive - Transcripts|url=https://gilliananderson.ws/transcripts/10_15/12srilanka.shtml|access-date=2021-11-14|website=gilliananderson.ws}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sugden |first=Joanna |date=October 25, 2012 |title='X-Files' Star's Sri Lanka Home |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203897404578077351169320398 |access-date=2021-11-14 |website=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |language=en-US}}</ref> She is [[teetotal]] and launched the [[soft drink]] company G-Spot in 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lascelles |first=Alice |date=2023-05-23 |title=Gillian Anderson wants us to find her G Spot |url=https://www.ft.com/content/7d6f03aa-e345-46be-bc15-188bf4be2bbe |access-date=2024-01-09 |work=Financial Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=G-SPOT BEVERAGES LIMITED people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14018314/officers |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref>