Actress Quotes

I'd love to have children, and I think marriage is great, I really do.

I used to hang out by the food table at parties because you don't have to talk to anybody. If you do then you can talk about the food.

I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself.

I love Polaroids and I have a Polaroid camera collection from the '50s.

I love being in therapy. It's just constantly fulfilling for me.

I like to investigate all different kinds of people, I guess, and find out what makes them who they are, and try to be honest in the portrayal, and truthful, and find out how to understand that person, how to communicate that person's experience.

I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in, and not just casually observe. Whatever my part in it, just as an audience member, I find that exciting.

I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in and not just casually observe.

I just don't want to talk about my personal life. I feel like it's mine, I'm not trying to promote it. It's nice to have things that are your own, that you value enough that you don't have to use to sell a movie.

I just don't plan things. I live a month at a time.

I hate parties. I don't like big crowded things.

I don't want to play the same person twice, that's not why I wanted to act.

I don't really watch my moves all that often; I mean, really, I don't.

I could never play the ingenue, the girl next door or the very successful young doctor. That would be a bore.

Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible.

I'm a typical middle child. I'm the mediator. The one that makes everything OK, puts their own needs aside to make sure everybody's happy. It's hard to change your nature, even with years and years of therapy.

The dream factory of that time was much simpler. As media outlets grew, everything became so complicated.

In order to dream, you need to have a springboard which is the facts... It gives it that touch of reality, and I think that's quite important... truth with fiction.

You have to carry so many archetypes as an actor, especially as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed one.

I'm a journeyman actor. My experience as a journeyman actor is that you have to go where the work is. I've never been the lead; I've never been in that position.

I'm a character actor; that's my skill set.

I want to live a good life and pay my taxes. 'The Killing' was a blessing. It was two wonderful years. But I had reached a point in my life, especially with a young son, that I was no longer willing to compromise my life for the sake of a paycheque. I was no longer willing to move where the tax cred

I ran for ninth grade class president. Came in a close second.

I injured myself quite badly when I was seventeen. I broke my ankle, and it didn't heal in such a way that I could keep dancing at the level I wanted to. It wasn't like, 'Oh my god, I'll never play the violin again.' I could, but not at the level I wanted. So, I segued into acting, the other thing t

I didn't expect to feel pathos for the villains in our show. I feel quite moved in several of our episodes; I never realized that a show like 'Motive,' which aims for a broad appeal, could have that sort of emotional impact.

For 'Motive,' it wasn't a question of making it look un-Canadian, but instead, we wanted it to be the product of a bunch of really skilled people making something. And that's what you have.

Yes, I'm a great believer in angels.

They see me wheeling around in a beautiful gown, and they realize you can look elegant, and you can lead a happy life in a wheelchair. I know I've helped handicapped people, because I've received many comments.

Oh, if I had only known then what I know now, I would have stopped it last year when I was still young.

My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer.