'Sex and the City' Kim Cattrall talks men, marriage, and the movie

Did Kim Cattrall keep anything from her fabulous wardrobe in "Sex and the City: The Movie?"

The Dish Rag caught up with Kim in New York and found out the surprising answer. We were also surprised at how thoughtful and introspective she is about men, marriage, motherhood and, naturally, the movie.

Read -- and then listen to -- Kim's chat with us.

DR: Tell us the truth. Did you keep much clothing from the film?

KC: A few days ago, I received three huge boxes filled with bits and pieces of my costumes. There was a belt from an outfit because everything was borrowed. There were shoes, but not enough. I really wanted that big hat she wears from the guacamole scene, because it was this old battered-up hat which had been rescued from a second-hand store. Pat Field's assistant had re-steamed it and sewed it up –- and gave it a new life. It became a prop for me to hide behind in the scene, which I loved.  They wouldn't let me keep it.

DR: Do you think about those times in your life when you were 20, 30 and 40?

KC: I wrote a book two years ago, called "Being a Girl -- The Ups and Downs of Navigating Teenage Life." And I had to really look back and examine that time in my life. Through the letters that I wrote and the diaries I was kind of sifting through, that was a really troubling time. I was so much looking for identity. I was kind of reaching out to mentors, to people who didn't have any time or interest, and I thought: "Well who am I? Where am I going?" It was a searching time for me. I was defining myself. Then I got married in my 20s, which was a huge event, and of course, he didn't live in America, he lived in Germany. It was a long-distance relationship. I look back on that now and I think: "How could I have thought that would work?" In my 30s, am I going to be a mother? Am I going to get married again? Is this going to work? And in my 40s, I went, "Ah, screw it!" (Laughs)

DR: What do men get out of the TV show and now, the film?

KC: I've heard a couple of men say this but also maybe this is my wishful thinking ... that men's actions and the consequences of them and how they affect women. Because you see the female side of a break-up. You see the female side of a disappointing encounter -- sexual or otherwise.  You see that from a female prospective, which I don't think has ever really been explored in this kind of depth.  Maybe that makes men feel differently about their actions and the way they go about dealing with women.  I also think that they really enjoy (the film) it and I also think that it scares the hell out of them! (Laughs.) But those are all good things.

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