Actress Quotes

Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do the hard thing, and one day we succeed, and many things are made plain to us.

If I have smashed the traditions, it was because I knew no traditions.

I've changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews.

I had very little confidence in myself as an actress.

Genius is the talent for seeing things straight.

Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best.

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

There were days that I literally had no reason to get out of bed. It just was so destructive for me.

The last person they expected to connect with a screenplay was the comedic, blonde actress with the funny voice.

No one was jumping up and saying, 'Yeah, let me give you money.' I had never held a camera in my hand - a home video camera, nothing. I had not directed.

My relationship with my father is pretty non-existent.

My life isn't that dramatic. My dad really loves me, he just can't talk on the phone. He's too crippled and shy, and that's almost harder. He's there and he loves me, and I try and try and try, it's just impossible to have a relationship.

It's not like you can wake up and realize, 'Oh, I want intimacy,' and then it happens that day.

It just gets frustrating playing the girlfriend, It's just this awful feeling, sitting in your house, waiting for a script to come. I like to be more proactive.

I was never one of those people who thought, 'What I really want to do is direct.' It never occurred to me.

I think, ultimately, looking back now, acting wasn't satisfying me 100%.

I like decorative, functional things that I feel comfortable in.

I am one of the few actresses who isn't recognized by the way she looks. I'm recognized by the way I talk.

For women in their 30s, it's so hard to get good parts.

Definition of an independent film is torture with less money and time.

'Chasing Amy' was an amazing role, but then after that, I went and did 'Big Daddy' and you're the girlfriend or you're the best friend. I wasn't getting the Nicole Kidman roles.

A bonus: You don't have to diet to direct.

I don't think I was fully satisfied acting. You know, the girlfriend role or the best friend role, and that wasn't enough for me.

A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.

I want to feel passion, I want to feel pain. I want to weep at the sound of your name. Come make me laugh, come make me cry... just make me feel alive.

When I died my hair red the first time, I felt as if it was what nature intended. I have been accused of being a bit of a spitfire, so in that way, I absolutely live up to the stereotype. The red hair suits my personality. I was a terrible blonde!

My job as an actress is to make things work and come up with reasons of my own and not just fill in the blanks for anybody else, you know what I mean?

Most of the time it's the parents who recognise me. They try to tell their kids, 'Look, it's Giselle,' and I say, 'No, no, no, don't ruin this for them,' because I'm usually standing there with my hair sideways and no make-up on. And the kid is saying, 'That is not Giselle. No way. That is some worn

I'm one of seven kids. That'll keep your ego in check.

I was the dork in high school who sang musical numbers up and down the hallways.