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.
BLYTHE DANNERWhether 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.
More Blythe Danner Quotes
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Acting is really only part of my life. I’m addicted to it.
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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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My theory in anything you do is to keep exploring, keep digging deeper to find new stuff.
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It was in high school that I first became interested in acting. We put on lots of plays.
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I feel a little guilty only being an actor.
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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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Fortunately I had a terrific agent in New York who kept me going from job to job.
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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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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 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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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.
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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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We all have an obligation as citizens of this earth to leave the world a healthier, cleaner, and better place for our children and future generations.
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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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Maybe subconsciously I’ve kept activism separate from acting because it’s important to me in a more profound way.
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