List of Jennifer Jason Leigh Quotes

I've Had Guys, When I've Been Single, Come Date Me And I've Found Out They Were Expecting Some Kind Of Whirlwind, Some Dramatic Crazy Person-- And That's Just Not Me. I'd Much Rather Be In A Movie That People Have Really Strong Feelings About Than One That Makes A Hundred Million Dollars But You Can't Remember Because It's Just Like All The Others.

I Like A Movie That The Audience Actively Has To Participate In, And Not Just Casually Observe. Whatever My Part In It, Just As An Audience Member, I Find That Exciting.

I Worked With Great, Brilliant Directors. I've Been So Lucky. It's Terrible To Compare Anyone, Because You Can't. But I Can Just Tell You That This Experience Was Just A Truly Magnificent Experience For Everyone Involved.

I'd Love To Have Children, And I Think Marriage Is Great, I Really Do.

Acting For Kids Is Like Playing House, You Know? But Growing Up In Hollywood, It Just Made It Seem Possible.

I Just Don't Want To Talk About My Personal Life. I Feel Like It's Mine, I'm Not Trying To Promote It. It's Nice To Have Things That Are Your Own, That You Value Enough That You Don't Have To Use To Sell A Movie.

I Feel Like I Turned Down A Lot Of Things That I Wish I Hadn't. But You Never Know When You're Younger. I Don't Have Regrets About Certain Things I Turned Down. Those Films Would Have Required Things Of Me That Would Have Been Challenging, And They Ended Up Being Really Good Movies. But I Was Never A Careerist, I Never Thought In Those Terms. I'd Be Like, "oh, I'm Tired. I Don't Want To Work."

Sometimes The Work Can Get In The Way And You Give A Less-good Performance, And Sometimes It Doesn't And You Can Really Get To The Heart Of Something. And All The Other Stuff Is Just Interesting And Adds Another Layer To Your Performance. It Helps You Find The Reality. Because You're Not Just Playing Yourself, You Know? That Would Be Kind Of Boring.

I Loved Acting As A Kid Because I Was Kind Of Shy, So It Brought Me Out Of Myself. Acting For Kids Is Like Playing House, You Know? But Growing Up In Hollywood, It Just Made It Seem Possible. It Wasn't Like Some Idea Of Going To Hollywood; It Was In My Backyard. I Lived Two Blocks From Grauman's Chinese Theatre Growing Up. It Was What People Did. It's An Industry Town. So It Wasn't Some Far-off Fantasy, It Was Like "oh Yeah, When You Grow Up, You Do This Because That's What People Do Here."

I Like As Much Time As I Can Get And I'll Do Whatever I Think Is Helpful To Prepare For A Role. Sometimes It's Practical Research, Meaning If I Had To Write Shorthand, I'd Learn How To Write Shorthand. Or If I Have To Know How To Dance A Certain Way, I Would Learn That. And Then There's Just Research Of Talking To People Similar To The Characters I'm Playing. And There's Stuff That I Just Feel Is Inspiring, Whether It Be Music Or A Painting Or A Photograph. I've Used A Lot Of Nan Goldin's Photos In The Past To Inspire Me. I Use Certain Paintings And Pieces Of Music.

There's So Much Confidence And Freedom That Comes From That Way Of Doing Things. Robert Altman And Alan Rudolph Make The Set The Place To Be. It's Fun. It's A Kind Of Creative Freedom That's Really Inspiring. Altman Loved Actors So Much. He Was A Great Mentor For Me, Really.

You Try To Find The Internal Life, But A Lot Of It Is Creating It Through Physical Behavior And Figuring Out The Voice When You Create As Much Of A Past As You Would In A Naturalistic Piece. But It's Fun, Because It's Like You're Learning Something, Learning Some Kind Of Physical Skill.