Glenn Close Quotes (38 Quotes)

I don't like public venues. I never know what to wear.

I thought it was astounding that a woman was censured for wanting to just take up photography. I thought, my, how the world has changed.

I think there are certain actors that have that kind of energy about them, that taking over a room energy.

Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do.

I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people.

I don't think my characters are all awful and horrible. There are reasons for their behaviour. I have to find what makes them human.

On Thursday night, Close will be presented with the Human Spirit Award by the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation at a glittery dinner in Manhattan. A longtime friend of the Superman ... a very little drop in the ocean compared to the things he's done.

It's not good to be in a situation where people don't want to direct you or don't want to question something.

Bunny boiler is now part of our language, and I'm proud of that.

I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they're trying to play, so all this temperament comes out.

We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.

Diva has a negative connotation.

We were fortunate enough to have several good books detailing the camps and the women. Some were by the survivors. I also got to talk to some of the women who had been in the camp, survivors.

There's something about a catharsis that is very important.

Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man.

The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It's my way of saying, Don't mess with me.

I've been sacrificing my life for my work for 30 years, and now I want it the other way around. I want to find work that fits into my life and that would be based here.

I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star.

As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.

I'm an actor, that's my contribution.

I find it quite amusing that I can frighten children by just saying, Puppies. Usually they're disappointed I don't actually have black and white hair.

I had a dresser who literally squeezed me in like Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind.

When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.

Celebrity is death - celebrity - that's the worst thing that can happen to an actor.

It is very difficult for girls. They're told to look one way, but to act another way.

It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.

With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools.

I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcement.

I don't live in Hollywood. I try to live a quiet life. I don't go out to a lot of events, and I don't go out buying a lot of clothes.

When I hear that somebody's difficult, I think, Oh, I can't wait to work with them.

Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.

I don't think the tabloids find me very interesting.

It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do.

There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth.

It's gotten out of control. It's taking bigger and bigger names to make smaller and smaller films. I worry that important films without a big name attached won't get made at all.

I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming I watched the movie. I thought it was very dated.

You have to love the characters you play, even if no one else does.

I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work.