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Quotes
Being a Southern person and a blonde, it's not a good combination.
Immediately, when people meet you, they think of you as not being smart.
I'm definitely happy with
the way my career has gone, the success; but I even feel glad that I've
experienced some failure in my life. That gives you perspective and
humility about this business; it's good to realize that you're always
just one movie away from not being in Vogue anymore.
Many people worry so much
about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy
managing their LIVES. I want to make my life, not just my job, the best
it can be. The rest will work itself out.
The joy we
get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not
necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being
yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop.
I've argued with lots of directors, because
they pay you to come in and give your two cents about your character.
It's going to be you up there on the screen and you should know better
than anybody what you're doing.
[on the break-up scene she had to do with
Ryan Phillippe in Cruel Intentions (1999)]: I literally beat him up when
we had to do the breakup scene.We'd gotten so tired and we'd done the
scene so many times. He was off camera giving me my lines and he started
to ad lib - which is a bad thing when you're doing this kind of scene,
and talking like, 'I never loved you! You're not attractive!' Terrible
things. I got upset. I just hauled off and socked him in the face. And
everybody in the crew was like 'Gasp! Can you believe she did that?' And
I'm screaming my lines and I just yelled 'Get out!' And then he ran off
and threw up in a stairwell. And I'm, like, sobbing, saying, 'I can't
believe he said those things to me!'And the director came in and said
'Oh God, I can't believe it, that was so great! Can you do it again?'
[on being an actress]: The joy we get as
actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not
necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being
yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop.
[on having a baby]: Obviously, this isn't
the time in my life that I would have chosen to do this, but I feel like
life gives you these challenges for a reason. I feel so happy and glad
to be in the place that I am. I really feel blessed. This is something I
need to face and take control of.
[talking about her character in Election
(1999)]: I think that's a good point. You don't realize how lonely my
character is until the third act; we had some really sad scenes where
nobody would sign her yearbook. In one of the scenes Paul Metzler says,
"Tracy, have a great summer, " and she's genuinely moved and
then she looks in her yearbook, and it says the same thing. It's a theme
in the movie. It's similar for actors.
[talking about how she choose the films she
will be in]: I have a weird process, but the main thing is like this: I
hear her voice in my head. There are a lot of wonderful scripts my
agents can't believe I pass on, but I do because I can't hear the voice.
It doesn't appeal to me then. I'm really careful. Unless I hear the
voice, I can't do it.
[talking about Ryan Phillippe]: I'm lucky to
find a person to share my life, and the best friend I'll ever have.
[talking about motherhood and her baby]: I
feel good, I'm proud of Election and very proud of this [her child]. It
couldn't be a better time. It's always the right time when it happens.
You make it the right time.
[talking about Pleasantville (1998)]: We
were thrilled for just the three nominations we got , but obviously it's
a little sad. I went through so many press junkets with people saying
they loved it. And Joan Allen was robbed but she can't get nominated
every year. She's an inspiration for every young actress. She has that
calm and reserve about herself and makes you think she appreciates the
normal things of everyday. Then she transforms into this character
that's so different.
[about her life]: Many people worry so much
about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy
managing their LIVES. I want to make my life, not just my job, the best
it can be. The rest will work itself out.
[on life in general]: I'm definitely happy
with the way my career has gone, the success; but I even feel glad that
I've experienced some failure in my life. That gives you perspective and
humility about this business; it's good to realize that you're always
just one movie away from not being in Vogue anymore."
[talking about Ryan Phillippe]: We
corresponded through letters and phone conversations and really got to
know each other on a more intellectual level. And I think that really
built a really long-lasting bond so that when we finally did see each
other, I think it was love at first sight. Or love at second
sight.
On the Internet, it says that I'm married.
Some Psycho Santa has decided to tell the entire world that I'm married
to him. I've never been married in my whole life.
[talking about her film Election
(1999)]:There was a girl in junior high. She was so perfect. She had all
the boyfriends and was the smartest girl in school. And she was rude to
me! This is my little revenge. I'm doing her in Election.
[talking about her upcoming film American
Psycho (2000)]:I had read the book and had a long discussion with Mary
Harron (I) who's the director and screenwriter. To me it's a dark satire
about male response to the sexual liberation of women in the early '80s.
Women didn't need men, and that was a new thing to these men, who wore
designer suits and had wonderful apartments. I think the story is about
this man who responds to his inadequacies with the only control he can
take, which is to put women in these horribly compromising positions.
Mary has this wonderful black tone about it. I thought,
She'll pull this off. In addition to
Christian Bale, it has Jared Leto, Willem Dafoe, Samantha Mathisand Chlo렓evigny.
[talking about the movie business]: The
battles that we face in this business aren't financial, but they are
moral. And I certainly think that the longer you can keep your values,
and your morality intact, and keep your head on your shoulders about
what is important at the end of the day, you can get the most out of
this business and really emerge with something wonderful.
[on Ryan Phillippe]: It isn't always easy
seeing your boyfriend like you know in a bathtub with some girl or
kissing some other girl. Well I guess its part of the job.
Being a Southern person and a blonde, it's
not a good combination. Immediately, when people meet you, they think of
you as not being smart.
I was a real dork at school. I was very
academic. My parents expected me to become a doctor.
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