Susan Sarandon Quotes

I got married to Chris Sarandon, who was a graduate student, and he knew everything at that point, I thought, because he was older. He introduced me to poetry and black-and-white movies.

One night I looked down and my rosary beads were glowing. And I realized that I did not want to see the blessed Virgin - I was terrified.

How will the bombing of Baghdad, a city of five million, accomplish a regime change?

My intent is to speak on behalf of those whose voices are less readily heard - children and women at risk

Sometimes what happens is that, when you micromanage actors and moments, it just doesn't quite live.

If Wes Anderson has a very strong cast, he can direct the minutia of that story and still manage to have something that lives and breathes.

I hesitate to direct even though I feel I contribute a lot on a set.

That's the thing about independently minded children. You bring them up teaching them to question authority, and you forget that the very first authority they question is you.

There is no shortcut to grieving.

It's a very exciting time in the history of this country, to even see people responding to a different way of doing business and really wanting to make a change.

I think looking at your own life, on- and offscreen, you can motivate anything, or you can delude yourself into anything.

Somebody can be the captain of the ship, which allows you to make big mistakes.

I'll always rather be in a ship that's got a captain that has some vision.

He has a very strong vision of what he wants.

I'm a native New Yorker. Everything to do with New York feels like my family.

When Alan Rickman, a dear friend of mine, played villains, he always made it complicated. He didn't redeem what they did, but he made you feel that it was hard for them to be so horrible.

I always had a problem with original sin; I always had a problem with the exclusivity of the church and a lot of the things that the nuns taught me.

That's one of my little expressions. I never really studied acting so I kind of kiddingly talk about "building your circle" and "mooding up," because I really didn't learn any technique.

In the U.S., they just want to know who you're sleeping with.

I can't speak for other people, but for me, it never really worked to think something like, "What Beatle did she like in high school?" or those kinds of elaborate backstories.

I look forward to being older when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the i point.

I believe in using words not fists.

I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and

Everyone has a responsibility towards this larger family of man, but especially if you're privileged, that increases your responsibi

How you spend your energy is ultimately what creates who you

Ladies, stress shows on your face. Happiness is the true beauty we

Pay equality is not going to happen because we scream and yell about it, it's going to happen when we start demandin

When all you know is pain you don’t know that that is not normal. It is not a woman’s lot to suffer, even if we’ve been raised that

Ladies, stress shows on your face. Happiness is the true beauty weapon." ( Kym Douglas / Cindy Pearlman, 2006)