I love what I do, and I appreciate this very much. Trick question. (Annette Bening)
I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice. (Annette Bening)
It's a thrill because the movie was made for love. We did it because we thought it could be very special ... It's absolutely a thrill to be a part of something that has meant so much to so many people. We're all just thrilled that people like it. (Annette Bening)
You have to have a wristband to listen to the governor ... He represents all of us, right (Annette Bening)
Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way! (Annette Bening)
I don't see myself as competing with other actresses. I mean, I went through a time when I was in New York, and I was going to lots of auditions and trying to get parts, but even then, you're not really competing with the other actresses. There is a competition going on, but it's not like something you can win in that way. (Annette Bening)
I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and in movie acting, certainly that's true. With the camera so close, you can see right down into your soul, hopefully. So being able to do that in a way is terrifying, and in another way, truly liberating. And I like that about it. (Annette Bening)
Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul. (Annette Bening)
By the time I was in high school, Roe v. Wade had passed, so that was also happening; girls were getting pregnant and getting abortions - and that happened in my school too. (Annette Bening)
He finds me and wants to have a baby with me, and there are problems, ... It wouldn't be a movie if there weren't dramatic problems, as my daughter tells me, my 8-year-old. (Annette Bening)
We still want to idealize moms, and sometimes we want to idealize actresses who are moms, too. I know that's something I've experienced, but we're all just doing the best we can and we're all trying to raise our kids and talk to them about everything that needs to be discussed. (Annette Bening)
The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to find when you possibly can catch a surprising moment. (Annette Bening)
My parents were very supportive. They went to every show. And they never told me not to do what I was doing. (Annette Bening)
Yes, I know I've played these women, but I'm not really conniving at all. (Annette Bening)
I knew I wanted children in my life. The acting was always in relation to it. Life at home is chaos. They're wonderful. They're such interesting human beings. I just love it. I'm lucky. (Annette Bening)