Virginia Madsen Quotes

I have good genes. My father is Danish and my mother is Irish and Native American. They both have good skin.

It's a roll of the dice when you're a first time director so I prefer to work with people that know more than I do, but that happens less and less as you get older.

Do something good for yourself today. You matter.

I always tell actors, "Don't think of it as unemployment when you don't have a job. You have to think of it as being in preparation for your next job." You have to be always preparing for success.

Men, we don't need you in shining armor. We just need you a little bit brave, just a little bit brave.

The actor side of me loves to get dressed up and I feel like Cinderella when I'm in diamonds.

It would be good if you opened your heart to the fullness of time and spirit.

I really didn't like Batgirl. I was like, "No, if I'm not gonna be Batman, I'm not gonna play." Maybe they could write an evil female super villain who takes over Batman, and nobody knows.

Once your acting job is over, you just hope they have a good editor and they put together a good film.

To me it meant, just looking at it from a Maya point of view, it meant that Paul Miles is always moving laterally in his life. And she just wants him to take a couple of steps forward, you know?

You cannot believe how hard it is to try and raise money for a film. I did it for six years and it was such a failure.

I've spent the last few years just really actively pursuing comedy and that's something I always wanted to know how to do.

It's almost like I get to be more theatrical when I work in voiceover.

In animation, there's silly things I get to do with my voice. I get to have a wider range, so my voice gets to dance more than it does on camera.

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that.

I want every movie to be like a big family and a great adventure.

You can't not be into basketball and grow up in Chicago or live in L.A., because people are so fanatical about the teams. You know what's going on with the games even if you don't watch.

I tend to look for a great script.

I've made more movies than anybody now.

When I was growing up, the really, really cool super heroes were all male - so I wanted to be them.

Voiceover work reminds me of old-time radio. When I was little I used to sneak and stay up at night and listen to Mystery Radio Theater - I loved all those old radio plays.

I have to read comic books all first, because now when you get into graphic novels, they are definitely in deep graphic.

Everything that I play as an actress is a different aspect of me.

Sadly, I really want to be Batman ... and I just never will be.

I was always an actress, even as a little kid, and fantasy, horror, sci-fi stories are really all about playing make believe. I just never grew out of that.

Men, we don't need you in shining armor.We just need you a little bit brave, just a little bit brave.