I'm a big fan of Daniel Day-Lewis. He's a marvelous actor. He stands alone, I think.
From Lauren Bacall
I don't consider myself a great actress. I'm just trying to stay alive, actually. I think I'm good, and I've learned a lot, certainly, mostly in the theater. I've been sloughed off movies for years. But what can you do? That's life.
For my peculiar face, I look best when I look as though I'm not wearing make-up.
You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind.
I used to dream of being other places, other people. It was an escape for me.
Acting is a life of rejection.
You can't acquire a voice. Either you have it, or you don't.
The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm in control of every situation. I'm rarely in control of any situation.
The big rule is that you must never get mixed up with a married man - never even look sideways at another woman's fella. Boy, I really was terrific at obeying that rule, wasn't I?
I'm not tough, and I never have been. I suppose over the years I've built up kind of a veneer to protect myself because I have functioned on my own for a long, long time, and I have never had a lot of flunkies preceding me to clear the way.
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