Glenn Close Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches
Glenn Close Quotes and Sayings
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Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do.
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As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.
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Bunny boiler is now part of our language, and I'm proud of that.
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Celebrity is death - celebrity - that's the worst thing that can happen to an actor.
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Diva has a negative connotation.
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Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.
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I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people.
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I don't like public venues. I never know what to wear.
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I don't think the tabloids find me very interesting.
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I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work.
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I had a dresser who literally squeezed me in like Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind.
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I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcement.
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I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming I watched the movie. I thought it was very dated.
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I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star.
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I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they're trying to play, so all this temperament comes out.
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I think there are certain actors that have that kind of energy about them, that taking over a room energy.
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I'm an actor, that's my contribution.
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I've been sacrificing my life for my work for 30 years, and now I want it the other way around. I want to find work that fits into my life and that would be based here.
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Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man.
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It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.
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It is very difficult for girls. They're told to look one way, but to act another way.
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It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do.
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It's gotten out of control. It's taking bigger and bigger names to make smaller and smaller films. I worry that important films without a big name attached won't get made at all.
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It's not good to be in a situation where people don't want to direct you or don't want to question something.
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The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It's my way of saying, Don't mess with me.
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There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth.
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There's something about a catharsis that is very important.
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We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.
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We were fortunate enough to have several good books detailing the camps and the women. Some were by the survivors. I also got to talk to some of the women who had been in the camp, survivors.
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When I hear that somebody's difficult, I think, Oh, I can't wait to work with them.
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When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.
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With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools.
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You have to love the characters you play, even if no one else does.
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