Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples’ lives, and sometimes that’s very gratifying. But still, there’s this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters.
BLYTHE DANNERMaybe subconsciously I’ve kept activism separate from acting because it’s important to me in a more profound way.
More Blythe Danner Quotes
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Whether you’re on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can’t settle back. You always have to stay on your toes.
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I’m not an actor who can constantly pick and choose, I try to get the best of what’s there.
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Just look at my face. Its an extraordinary experience. All of my friends who are grandparents have been saying, just wait, a bit cynically, but its just extraordinary. You feel like a child again yourself. Just walking on air.
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I think I have a lot of crazy layers.
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Film has always been hard for me, I’m basically a stage actress. I never felt comfortable in front of the camera.
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Fortunately I had a terrific agent in New York who kept me going from job to job.
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Part of me says that no life will work if I can’t make this one right.
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I was raised in a time where children were still seen and not heard basically, so I think a lot of us in my generation went the other way and just tried to be as much more liberal and open and we’re still paying for it.
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Maybe subconsciously I’ve kept activism separate from acting because it’s important to me in a more profound way.
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You really have to work hard and diligently. Sometimes actors can be lazy and get away with it, but you can’t do that if you’re a musician.
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I feel a little guilty only being an actor.
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You learn more discipline in the theatre than you do in movies or TV. You’re on stage every night and you have to sustain your energy level tor several hours.
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I try to avoid a specific image. I seek to play as many different women as I can to avoid having a label put on me.
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I feel that its our children who do give us hope because they are the ones who are going to save the world.
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I’m mostly a jazz fan and I’ve never really been into rock ‘n’ roll music.
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