Sherilyn Fenn Quotes

Twin Peaks was special because it was so groundbreaking. In the early 90s it really changed television a lot. A bunch of weird shows, like Northern Exposure, came on after that.

In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films because they seem to be the most challenging and unique

I was a brat. It was crazy, I was very picky. In other words, I didn't take advantage of what was happening

Bleaching my hair for Two Moon Junction... my hair was fried and I looked like an idiot.

I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes.

Even if your work touches one person, that's an amazing gift.

I think there's an anxiety in life where we automatically tend to look to the next thing or we're complaining about the past. Worrying is not going to make it happen or not happen

Now I know why guys like to hug girls. You guys just want to cop a feel. I can't believe that I've fallen for it all these years!

I don't flirt and I don't play the people that I'm meeting with.

Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men... they want to wrap women up in a neat little package.

Jessica Lange in Frances... was dramatic and passionate and one of the strongest performances I've seen a woman do

I'm honest. I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.

I loved working on Of Mice and Men. It was a wonderful group of people. John Malkovich is to me one of the best actors around right now-and a lot of fun to work with.

We all have sadness in our life and things that we can draw upon

The difference between working with a man and a woman... is immense.

Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.

The truth is, I was always picky anyway.

I'm in a space of surrendering and being open and seeing. It's a good place to be - the only place to be.

They've offered me every variation on Audrey Horne, none of which were as good or as much fun.

Playing Elizabeth Taylor was probably the hardest job I've ever done.

At the very least, my tastes are out of the ordinary.

I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell

It's not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic.

I can sing, but my voice is untrained. Id like to do a musical someday.

Harrison Ford... I love him. He's a man's man.

I don't know why people see the things that they do. I wouldn't pay to see them, they don't touch me or move me in any way.

I like taking risks and I decided to put every bit of me into the role.

The studios have their list of five actresses and whether they're right or wrong for a role doesn't matter. It's how much money their last movie made.

The world has certain rules - Hollywood has certain rules - but it doesn't mean you have to play by them, and I don't, or I'd be a miserable person.

It's completely different to work with a woman that is my age, maybe younger.

I don't want my body to look like a man's. I just want to tone my body.

I don't go to parties and all that. I don't think being seen or being in the right place is going to make me a better actress. I care about my work and try to do what's right in my heart.

The beauty of age is we grow, we learn. We have more wisdom.

I am anxious to see what life is going to bring next.

My mother's been married many, many times and grew up believing in love like that. It's remarkable.

I'm not big with an audience; I get very nervous.

It was just this sudden call like it was an emergency. "Quick! You have to go do this... because it's Friends!" I was just, "Oh, my God, okay!"

I'd moved to L.A. with my mother when I was 17 or 18. She loved show business and I was young enough that I had no idea what I wanted to do.

I said, "Oh well, I'll act." I started to study, but I didn't know what I was doing, and I don't know that I was taking it very seriously then.

Talking to fans has really blown my mind. It's made me so happy to know my work has touched people.

My gift to my children would be from me to be as honest and true to myself as an artist, and put that out there to the best of my ability.

It's so nice not to worry about myself anymore. I only worry about my children.

Life is really beautiful.

Now I just feel like I'm more open to life. I have two children.

For me acting is pretending. It's illuminating my human struggle - trying to grow and have the courage to be filmed while figuring things out.

I'm 51 now, so there are less roles available.

Being a mother for me was like, "Oh, this is what I've been looking for my whole life." This brings me a sense of completion. I never knew I would love this deeply.

Whatever the future holds I'm not really sure.

The beauty of age is we grow, we learn. We have more wisdom. And as much as the youth-glorifying Hollywood would like us to believe, it's nothing. They're wrong.

I've worked with some people that just spent hours and hours and hours in the mirror, and just so much importance is based on that. And I do find that sad.