Betty Ford might be Michelle Pfeiffer‘s final first girl.

Pfeiffer stars because the title character—spouse of thirty eighth President Gerald Ford—in Showtime’s new sequence The First Woman, and in a current interview, the 63-year-old revealed that she is going to by no means painting an actual particular person once more. Why? As a result of “it’s totally weighty and it is with you on a regular basis.”

She has beforehand performed actual folks—together with Ruth Madoff in The Wizard of Lies and LouAnne Johnson in Harmful Minds—however this sequence marked a turning level for her.

“I stated I might by no means do it once more,” Pfeiffer informed Leisure Weekly. “Each selection you make, and also you simply wish to honor the person who you are taking part in and also you wish to be as genuine as attainable, realizing that there might be instances the place you are not and you may’t be. I am by no means doing it once more.”

Which does not imply she wasn’t proud to honor the First Woman’s legacy.