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Quotes by Actress

"To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before."

"I like to run, to go down the stairs, I'm one of those kind of people."

"I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music."

"I have no aspirations of world domination through the pop charts. None at all."

"Every week it's another opportunity to really make that work and figure out how to make it work better. And I love that it's like theater, too, and the audience, and it's so short. It's only 20 minutes. It's like a haiku or something."

"I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be. I have a great deal of respect for all of them, otherwise I wouldn't do them. And I don't want to screw them by not portraying them honestly."

"Usually, jet lag is not this big of an issue for me. I'm not sure why I'm so disoriented this time. It could be due to the amount of chocolate and french fries I've eaten in the last two and a half weeks."
Time,

"Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success."

"I got to work with Gene Hackman for six weeks, side by side, 12 hours a day."

"While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it."

"One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people."

"You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!"

"I don't like being out of the crowd. It's lonely within a group."

"I stopped acting because I had other passions I wanted to pursue."

"From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it."

"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."

"As hard as it is and as tired as I am, I force myself to get dinner at least once a week with my girlfriends, or have a sleepover. Otherwise my life is just work."

"It's nice to see a movie where people are actually succeeding."

"Everybody gets typecast in movies, but you have to make wise choices. I'd say around 90 percent of movie casting is about the way you look, so you have to fight that. If producers had their way, I'd only be in action films, but I'm interested in a more varied career than that."

"I think it's safe to say that each of us has at least one issue we are passionate about and struggle with, issues that robs us of our peace, our joy and our ability to experience love."

"If somebody ever wished to be me for a day, they'd be the most pissed-off person once they got here. They would be, like, in hell."

"I love actors. I married one. OK, I married a fantastic one."


"Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week."

"The process of filmmaking is very musical, you get into the rhythm and the rhythmics of how someone is, especially with Woody Allen who is very much into body language and body movement."

"Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering."


"I always look for an intense experience, an intense ride. There is nothing better than a good zombie movie where you run crazy and blow at monsters! It was a physical shoot and I enjoyed it."

"It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters."
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