Quotes
The following quotes were transcripted from various articles
I was barely in my teens, living in Greece where my dad, an officer in the US Navy, was
stationed. He took me and my four brothers and sisters to this ancient theater at
the foot of the Parthenon, and we saw this amazing Greek drama.
He tried to make it a learning experience, explaining, 'Do you realize even in ancient plays
we are much more alike than we are different?' I was always the child who wore her emotions on
her sleeve. I began crying, and to his surprise announced, pointing to the stage, 'That's what
I want to do - act!'"
"Ed Harris and I first worked together in New York on Sam Shepard's play 'Simpatico.' Harris
was never boring, which made working with him a blast. "I never knew when he'd lunge across
the stage and say his lines an inch from my nose, or get tickled and go upstage with his back
to the audience so they couldn't see him laughing."
| On winning the Oscar for "Pollock" |
"Vegas had me at 12-to-1 odds. I sure do wish I had bet on myself and made a little money."
| On receiving an Oscar nomination for "Mystic River" |
"I was surprised to be nominated. I was focusing on everyday things like getting my daughter
off to school. But it's an honor. There were all these amazing performances this year by
actresses who didn't get nominated, like Scarlett Johansson and Laura Linney, so I feel pretty
lucky. Holly Hunter is arranging a girls' luncheon for all the supporting actresses, so it's
not like a catfight between us".
| On Lee Krasner, her character in "Pollock" |
"When she was first married, Lee's main concern was pleasing Jackson, she was the kind of
woman who hung her hat on another man's peg to find herself, in spite of how brilliant she
was in her own right. Their marriage was wonderful, fabulous, and hideous. They fed off each
other in ways that weren't always healthy, but, if they hadn't been together, Pollock never
would have become world famous and Lee wouldn't have pushed herself to the artistic limits
she did. As soon as they split apart, one of them was bound to destruct."
| On Verna, her character in "Miller's Crossing" |
Verna is "very controlled, and she can be tough. She plays poker with the guys and wins. She
knows how to keep things behind a screen. She's wild because people perceive her as wild, and
the people she hangs out with ARE wild. I think Verna's willing to think of new ways to go on
living that other people would judge in a bad way."
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