Actress Quotes

I said, wouldn't it be nice, instead of having these women fight with each other over men, which seems to be more of a cliche, wouldn't it be wonderful if they were the true comrades and it took these men much more time to infiltrate their friendships.

I knew there was something I had to do yesterday. I couldn't remember what it is. I can't figure it out. I know it's a holiday. I know I don't have a meeting. It's very confusing.

One of the reasons I wanted to teach deaf children was because it made me very sad that they spoke so clumsily and that they moved with less grace that I knew was possible of deaf people.

Nothing is going to improve my hearing. I've only got to prevent it from getting worse.

I'm the one by the backdoor - I am not the one in the middle of the party.

I took some classes in sign language when I was in my early teens because I was told that I would be completely deaf very early. But I never really wanted to learn.

I have to concentrate more intently when people speak. I always have to position myself on their right side so that I can hear out of my left ear. I sometimes get a crick in my neck from listening. But I don't there's too much else.

I genuinely enjoy talking one-to-one. I have no shyness about that.

I can not remember even thinking that I was deaf when I was dancing.

But as far as my work is concerned, I see no impediment, and various advantages, to being deaf.

I've been taking art classes for a couple of years; I love to draw.

But my middle daughter, Kate, is very involved in martial arts, and I was just at one of her competitions.

See into life, don't just look at it.

My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour!

I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.

In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.

Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.

It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.

Wynton and Christopher were really great experiences for me because they are both very gifted artists.

The question is not... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path I have set for myself, if I am the best I can be in the things I do. Am I living up to the reasons I became a singer in the first place?

I sing what I sing.

The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy.

Jack made it very comfortable for me on the set. We'd met socially before but never worked together. You know, he's very professional, very disciplined and he's always prepared and knows his lines.

It was also wonderful to have the prospect of playing with Jack Nicholson. It was a terrific part, a terrific script, with Alexander Payne and Jack Nicholson. You can't get any better than that!

I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented.

I think that being in an environment is a much richer experience than just working on a soundstage.

I look for a role that hopefully I feel empathy with and that I can understand and love, but also that has that challenge for me to play - a different kind of role, a different type of character, a different time period.

Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.

Alexander Payne's very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them.

The three things I said when I came out of school were I want to work consistently, I want to do good work and I want to be paid fairly, and that's happened. But I didn't become an actress for the money. I do it for other reasons.