For nearly five years,Michelle Pfeifferdisappeared from Hollywood.

“It was easier to get somebody else to do the part.”

After her kids had left home, Pfeiffer made her return to the big screen in 2017.

Michelle Pfeiffer on the red carpet

During her impromptu break, the movie star hadn’t lost her appetite for performing.

“I feel really at home on the movie set,” she told Interview magazine.

“I’m a more balanced person honestly when I’m working.”

Michelle Pfeiffer on set of Grease 2

And yes, that includes the flop-turned cult classic that is “Grease 2”.

“At the time, I was young and didn’t know better,” she added.

“I hear it’s a cult movie now.”

Michelle Pfeiffer on the red carpet

After that film, the perception of her as an actress changed.

She was considered for roles like Martin Scorsese’s “The Age of Innocence” in 1994.

“That was probably one of the greatest compliments that were ever given to me.”

Unsurprisingly, it’s her turn as Catwoman in Tim Burton’s classic “Batman Returns.”

For today’s filmgoers, the most recent interactions of the feline superhero areZoe Kravitzand Anne Hathaway.

For Pfieffer, they were Julie Newmar, Lee Meriweather, and Eartha Kitt (viaDen of Geek).

“In the ’50s she is voluptuous and kittenish.