I wouldn't tell Jill how I felt. I behaved in such a way that was opposite to how I felt. I must have seemed strong to her. I didn't want to bring her down.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People who meet me think of Jill and transfer her strong qualities to me.
Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt.
I felt along with her - not the physical pain, of course, but all her mental anguish. You can't be detached. She needed to have someone who understood what was happening in her mind.
Jill and I arrange our lives to spend a lot of time together. That makes us both happy.
She found me intolerable. But she got to know me, and I wore her down.
The truth is, I could no more dictate her nature than she could dictate mine. Kinsey's happy as she is and she doesn't need to be rescued, improved, or saved.
I wanted readers to be genuinely unsure as to whether she's telling the truth or lying. It meant making her partly sympathetic, and partly unsympathetic, which wasn't easy.
I love Jill Scott! I love everything she puts on, how she does her hair; everything about Jill Scott is amazing!
I'd been around women who put me down, made me feel bad, or said things to fuel my insecurity.
And I'm supposed to grab her and kiss her and she's supposed to react. Well, what happened was, Julie was very nervous at that time, given this incredible part which she did beautifully.
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