Actress Quotes

Animals have never betrayed me. They are an easy prey, as I have been throughout my career. So we feel the same. I love them.

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

Do you have to have a reason for loving?

I want to be a writer someday.

My character was obnoxious, had stinky feet and wore things like purple tights and a yellow top. I hated the clothes.

I love being a student, if I could, I'd stay in school forever.

In all the horror films that I have done, all of those women were strong women. I don't feel I ever played the victim, although I was always in jeopardy.

I spent years working in low-budget horror films. When you've done 'Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death,' you can handle anything!

But when I think of superchicks, I think of the roles, not the variety.

When I see myself on film it makes me smile, I mean making a good living doing what I enjoy is soo much fun. I just hope that everyone has the chance to enjoy life like I do.

Ron Howard is as good a person as you could want to work with on film. He never lost his cool. He's the most easygoing, lovely man, but he's got this enormous intelligence and a wonderful humanity.

Really, can anyone drink several martinis at lunch?

Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me.

Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.

Jim Carrey is a consummate actor and professional. He comes on set, knows his lines and knows his moves.

It's the thing that you do well that brings you to prominence. The very thing that brings you to success can also be like a curse, because then people think that's all you can do.

It's a great time to be an actress at this point in my life.

It was considered that you were stepping down by doing television. I almost turned Cybill down because I so wanted to remain a theater actress.

It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely.

In the early '90s, New York was a pretty depressing place.

If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic.

I'm sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture.

I'm a nice, happily married wife and mom and I live in Connecticut.

I wish I didn't have to live up to anything.

I think people think Jim Carrey's just wild and crazy. He really is very disciplined. It is true of Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams as well.

I often close my eyes because I can't tolerate violence.

I never say I have a preference for one medium as opposed to another.

I got into Julliard on almost a full scholarship.

I do enjoy film. The more I do it the more I learn.

I always say God should have given women one extra decade at least, especially if you want a family. You're trying to pack a lot in.