Rosanna Arquette Quotes (21 Quotes)

Most men are not that evolved.

It's unfortunate that music has become such big business.

I do resent that when you're in the most cool, powerful time of your life, which is your 40s, you're put out to pasture. I think women are so much cooler when they're older. So it's a drag that we're not allowed to age.

Music used to change people's minds - and it still changes mine.

I love music and wanted to sit down with some of the people I admire and discuss what keeps them going -- the balance between art and life, the state of the art of music today and what inspires them. Most true artists care about music as a pure, passionate art form, but can get caught in the trap of the business which, sadly, has now become more important than the artist or even the music itself.

There's no way I'm going to put this kid in the movies, because of the rejection. It's so hard as an adult, so why set her up to feel that bad as a child?

Fortunately, we have a lot of really smart women in the business.

Men want girls. Most men want little girls. They want them in film. They want to look at them. That's all they want. An evolved man is not going to look that way.

I was in Florida with Burt Stern, the photographer who shot Marilyn Monroe on the beach with a sweater, and we smoked a joint. The bathing suit kept coming off in the water, and I just ripped it off. I was very comfortable being naked.

It's so hard to be a mother and to also want to practice your art.

Art is such an important part of our culture.

It's not fair the emphasis put on beauty, or on sexuality.

It's so hard to have relationships when there is so much scrutiny.

There will always be some kid who's the new Kurt Cobain writing great lyrics and singing from his soul. The problem is they're not marketing that anymore or putting it out there.

Criticism really used to hurt me. Most of these critics are usually frustrated artists, and they criticise other people's art because they can't do it themselves. It's a really disgusting job. They must feel horrible inside.

I think the most important thing for an artist is to not worry about what anybody else thinks. You just have to do what comes from your heart and your being and put it out there-that's true in any of the arts.

It's so hard to keep everything balanced in life.

It's not fair that there aren't very many juicy or varied roles for women.

In Hollywood there are a lot of very insecure men running the business.

I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me.

Look, it's to the point where kids are getting Botox. It's insane. We're not allowed to age.