Kim Basinger Quotes

You have to be a little unreal to be in this business.

There's no doubt that becoming a mother was the greatest thing I'll ever do.

My priorities had been changing before I had Addie but after she was born they changed completely. I don't count - my daughter sort of owns me.

I'm not a real social person - I'm shy - and a lot of the business is just social.

I'm a very determined person.

I'm a very determined businesswoman... I've got lots of things to do, and I don't have time to be classified as difficult, and I don't have time.

I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshell hanging over her has a rough road.

I remember that Jack Lemmon, who is one of my favorite actors of all time, says that the day he stops being nervous is the day he should leave the business.

I love to be nervous before a scene.

You lose your anonymity just like a helium balloon with a string. Therefore people are going to have their own opinion and they're going to write in whatever clever manner they desire.

I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely.