Lili Taylor Quotes

Cannes is a very strange place. I tried to show up as best I could and to try not to be cynical.

Lili Taylor

I do believe there's good in all of us, even if it's layered over so thickly.

Lili Taylor

I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it.

Lili Taylor

I tried to do the commercial thing. But I don't want to keep shoving Twinkies down everyone's throat. People are hungry for something of more substance.

Lili Taylor

If someone puts up $100 million on a movie, they're gonna be concerned about whether they'll get it back. So they're not gonna make a movie about three girls, you know?

Lili Taylor

It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by.

Lili Taylor

The weird thing about this business - and I'm sure this operates in many other things, but it's very present and acute in this business - is that a lot of people don't realize that they have power. Particularly actors.

Lili Taylor

When it's working, what acting is really about is getting into the essence of a moment in a creative, joyous way - through whatever frees you up.

Lili Taylor