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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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 DANNERFilm has always been hard for me, I’m basically a stage actress. I never felt comfortable in front of the camera.
BLYTHE DANNERJust 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.
BLYTHE DANNERMaybe subconsciously I’ve kept activism separate from acting because it’s important to me in a more profound way.
BLYTHE DANNERYou 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.
BLYTHE DANNERI’m not an actor who can constantly pick and choose, I try to get the best of what’s there.
BLYTHE DANNERIt was in high school that I first became interested in acting. We put on lots of plays.
BLYTHE DANNERI feel that its our children who do give us hope because they are the ones who are going to save the world.
BLYTHE DANNERI’m mostly a jazz fan and I’ve never really been into rock ‘n’ roll music.
BLYTHE DANNERI feel a little guilty only being an actor.
BLYTHE DANNERYou 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.
BLYTHE DANNERFortunately I had a terrific agent in New York who kept me going from job to job.
BLYTHE DANNERI 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 DANNERI think I have a lot of crazy layers.
BLYTHE DANNERMy theory in anything you do is to keep exploring, keep digging deeper to find new stuff.
BLYTHE DANNERActing is really only part of my life. I’m addicted to it.
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