Kim Cattrall is curiously espousing the value of defending oneself after a publicized feud.

The Sex and the City actor famously opted out of a third film in the franchise and only appeared briefly in HBOs spinoff series And Just Like That . She has previously explained her absence and said in an interview this week that her late mother taught her to control my narrative.

For me, a woman in her 60s, I think that the biggest challenge is to keep being relevant, to keep working, to have something to say, she told Vogue Greece in an interview published Monday that her representative translated for People on Tuesday. My idol was always my mother.

She never lost her spirit, added Cattrall. Thats something she passed on to me. I am thankful to her for teaching me to defend myself and not allow others to control my narrative. That is a very important lesson for young women.

The actors statements followed questions about her reprisal as Samantha Jones in And Just Like That. She told Variety in 2022 that she didnt want to compromise her character and seemingly confirmed a behind-the-scenes feud with Sarah Jessica Parker in a 2017 interview with Piers Morgan .

Cattrall told Variety she was never asked to be in the spinoff and found out about it on social media. While she agreed to a brief cameo in the Season 2 finale after one particular demand was granted , Cattrall told NBC in June : Thats as far as Ill go.

Parker, meanwhile, told Entertainment Weekly she was glad they could manage the cameo.