Jessica Lange Quotes
An American stage and screen actress.
(1949 - )
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Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.
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Allow the diversity to exist. There is nothing wrong with it. Hell, we put up with the religious right-we can put up with transgendered human beings.
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At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life.
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Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I discovered that it's easy because it's so brilliantly written. The words are perfect, and the language is intelligent and very emotional.
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Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes.
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For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.
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I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden.
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I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don't think you can be an actor and not do it. There were moments when I thought, I'm just not going to be able to pull this off.
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I have been a waitress, and I was a damn fine waitress too, let me tell you.
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I love being a mother. I loved being a daughter, a sister, a wife. I love being a woman with men. I love having given birth.
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I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.
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I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.
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I've been thinking a lot about next year, which will be the first time in 25 years that I don't have a child at home.
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I've got nothing left to lose at this point. The work I've done is out there.
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In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on.
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It comes down to something really simple: Can I visualize myself playing those scenes? If that happens, then I know that I will probably end up doing it.
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It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.
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One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.
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Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them.
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Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.
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