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Jessica Lange Quotes

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

Allow the diversity to exist. There is nothing wrong with it. Hell, we put up with the religious right-we can put up with transgendered human beings.

At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life.

Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I discovered that it's easy because it's so brilliantly written. The words are perfect, and the language is intelligent and very emotional.

Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes.

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.

I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden.

I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don't think you can be an actor and not do it. There were moments when I thought, I'm just not going to be able to pull this off.

I have been a waitress, and I was a damn fine waitress too, let me tell you.

I love being a mother. I loved being a daughter, a sister, a wife. I love being a woman with men. I love having given birth.

I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.

I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.

I've been thinking a lot about next year, which will be the first time in 25 years that I don't have a child at home.

I've got nothing left to lose at this point. The work I've done is out there.

In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on.

It comes down to something really simple: Can I visualize myself playing those scenes? If that happens, then I know that I will probably end up doing it.

It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.

Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them.

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.