Actress Quotes

I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her.

The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star.

One thing is certain. The old Piper Laurie is no more.

It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange.

I've always felt robbed of something by people not knowing I was a Jew.

I'm one of those people who has always been a bridesmaid.

I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff.

I never forget, remember that. Not an action, not a name, not a face.

I dropped the script in the fireplace, called my agent and said, they can jail me, sue me, but I'm never acting again, unless I can do something worthwhile.

Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it.

Back then, everyone was Lana and Rock. No one had ethnic names.

And if real life was like the movies, I should have lived happily ever after.

And even then when you take it, you've got to take it with your whole heart.

Sometimes you just work, you work, you work, and you have no life, no boyfriend, you have no more friends, no more nothing, you just make movies, and you're tired, and you don't know why. Then everybody says, 'Oh you are so lucky, you are working!' And you're like, 'Oh yeah, oh yeah, it's so great!'

It's so French to be a cat person.

It seems like the more you grow up the more you fear things.

I'm taking a break from music... everyone was so mean about it and it was so hard that I wanted to die.

I'm really confident. I had a perfect childhood. I had perfect parents and grandparents. They just love me, simply. So I have no fears.

I'm not scared of growing old, I'm just scared of not achieving everything that I want to do.

I'm not a crazy old cat lady!

I'm in love with love, so I'm always taking risks! I think it's part of love, taking risks.

I want to continue to make beautiful movies. The most important thing is to be a part of beautiful stories, that's all I want. So I don't care if it's a Hollywood movie or an independent movie or a Spanish or American movie. I care about telling stories.

I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people.

I think I was, like, maybe frustrated for many years because I didn't try to direct. And since I made my movie I'm just like, 'It's great.'

I never took any theater lessons. So when I started to do movies, I was 14.

I never practice before, I never work hours on a script. I just choose my characters and trust them, and after that, it's about the director taking your hand.

I like Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. I have some great Balenciaga jackets and I'm shoe crazy.

I don't really like those sorts of actresses who say, 'I don't want to make that movie,' but they make the movie. They just spend their time not liking being on a set and I just think it's absurd, because we are so lucky to do this job. When you accept to make a movie, just make the movie. And then

I didn't really want to act. Gerard Depardieu discovered me when I was 14 and asked if I wanted to make movies and I said, 'Why not?'

I always choose my movie because of a director and a story and a, a character.