top of page
.png){kind=small}
Quotes by Actress
"Grief is like a moving river, so that's what I mean by it's always changing. It's a strange thing to say because I'm at heart an optimistic person, but I would say in some ways it just gets worse. It's just that the more time that passes, the more you miss someone."
43
"I hate overweight, because it implies that there's a weight standard I should be adhering to."
43
"I stopped acting because I had other passions I wanted to pursue."
43
"It's a real leveller, you know, to do theatre at least once every two years."
43
"I think that's what's great about being an actress is you get to learn so many different things like that, like learning a little bit of Tibetan here, learning a Southern accent there."
43
"This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment."
43
"Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism, that sort of thing."
43
"I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess."
43
"It is difficult because the school I go to, my friends do not attend."
43
"So Liam and movies are obviously big passions, and I read and write."
43
"The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them."
43
"Doors open because you're beautiful, but I wouldn't cultivate beauty to the exclusion of brains."
43
"A rap at the back door made her jump, and she peered through the window for a long time before she eased open the door a crack. She left the security chain on. 'What do you want, Richard?'Richard Morrell's police cruiser was parked in the drive. He hadn't flashed any lights or howled any sirens, so she supposed it wasn't an emergency, exactly. But she knew him well enough to know he didn't pay social visits, at least not to the Glass House.'Good question,' Richard said. 'I guess I want a nice girl who can cook, likes action movies, and looks good in short skirts. But I'll settle for you taking the chain off the door and letting me in."
43
"I didn't really work with Vin on it except we talked about it a little bit. I think it was kind of cool because we didn't think it was going to be that emotional. I don't think Vin knew I was going to be that emotional."
Work,
43
"Sometimes I say things that I can't believe came out of my mouth. Or I won't mean something and it will come out completely nonsensical."
Will,
43
"Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one must be watchful of these conversational gray hairs."
43
"They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so that when I bump into kids on the street they'd say 'I wish my Mom were like you.'"
43
"In the theater, you go from point A to point Z, building your performance as the evening progresses. You have to relinquish that control on a film."
43
"Seeing the family is a very important part of my weekend."
43
"I don't have to go to church. The church is within me and the experience is my own. It's my life experience."
43
"The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut up."
43
"I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed."
43
"Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise."
43
"Someone said I wasn't attractive enough. People say those things, but they make you stronger. Then you can win an Emmy and think, ha, ha, ha."
43
"After I got to Hollywood, I resented that I didn't get a crack at more dramatic roles because I photographed so beautifully."
43
"I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting small roles in American films."
43
"I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it's not about the ring. It's a grave thing, getting married."
43
"It was in New York, and I've always wanted to film in New York. And the writer was a teenage friend of mine. We did youth theatre together when we were 16 and always had a dream of making a film together. And ten years later, we've done it. So it's great."
43
"Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around."
43
"Cause I won't repeat myself, the way I dress and look."
43
"I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser."
43
"I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it."
43
bottom of page