Christine Lahti Quotes
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A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like a meteor landed in our house and blew everything apart. We had to just put all the pieces back.
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After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left.
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And that's why I chose on purpose not to have a death scene. We've seen them in a million movies and it's too much like cranking the tears out. I didn't want that scene.
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Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better.
[Competition]
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Each time I get off a plane in Hollywood, I don't think I'm pretty enough.
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I am an actress and acting is my passion... period!
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I demanded two weeks of rehearsal because to me as an actor, that's the most important time.
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I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested.
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I like to take up something that is challenging. I like to stretch myself.
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I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera.
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I most often land up taking up the roles that I most detest.
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I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different.
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I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out of my career and that was respect. I didn't want money. I didn't care about fame.
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I was a fighter and very determined. There was no way I was going to back out without winning.
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I would take up any small job on the sets, just so that I could hang around with the hope of getting noticed.
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I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar.
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It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.
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Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!
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My heart's in really great shape thanks to spinning classes.
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Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities.
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