Glenn Close Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“All great art comes from a sense of outrage.”
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“When you're playing a man, you can look tired and horrible and you still look okay. As a woman, if you're tired, it's terrible. It was such a luxury not having to worry about that.”
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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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“The mentally ill frighten and embarrass us. And so we marginalize the people who most need our acceptance. What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.”
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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 an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still remains largely silent when it comes to mental illness”
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“All your life you think 60 is ancient, and all of a sudden you find you're 60 and you don't really feel that different. I feel stronger and more engaged. This is the best time of my life.”
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“What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.”
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“Robin [Williams] was a world treasure. As we mourn his tragic death, we must remember him for the great waves of laughter that he was able to illicit from us, how his humor and insights - though they came from a place of pain and uncertainty - connected us and reminded us of how flawed and fragile...how human we are. How we are capable of moments of inspired transcendence and others of unspeakable despair.”
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“I don't think the tabloids find me very interesting.”
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“I don't like public venues. I never know what to wear.”
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“I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people.”
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“Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.”
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“Bunny boiler is now part of our language, and I'm proud of that.”
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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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“In a recent issue of Parade Magazine when asked for "Advice for a Younger You," Glenn Close responded: "I'd tell myself to listen to my heart. Listen to that little voice that says, 'Mmm, I don't think so.' Because when you override that, you basically override who you are.”
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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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“We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.”
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“There's something about a catharsis that is very important.”
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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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“There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth.”
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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 puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do.”
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“Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man.”
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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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“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 never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star.”
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“As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.”
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