If you're an actor, you have to find a way to make peace with all the media attention. — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
When I started in the theater, I'd do plays by Shakespeare or Ibsen or Chekhov, and they all created great women's roles. — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
That's one of the most important things about acting is not just when you're speaking but when you're taking in from someone… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
It's easier to see in someone else, another actor, how they kind of disappear and then this other persona appears. A great… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I think in the past, around the time that method acting became so prevalent, it used to be that American actors were… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
What really motivates you to try to work things out as an actor is in large part fear, because you want to… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I saw a Shakespeare play when I was - I guess I was in junior high. And I just fell in love… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I fall in love with all the people I'm working with, women, directors, everybody. As actors, that's actually one of the real… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
Everybody has a public life, and they have their own private life. Everybody has their secrets. Everybody has their own private, you… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
There's a lot of different ways of going about teaching acting and ultimately you have to just kind of create your own.… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme of 'how… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a classical actress. I plodded along. I went to junior college in San Francisco, I was in a… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
All of modern acting comes from Stanislavski, who was the Russian partner to Chekhov. When Chekhov was writing his plays, Stanislavski was… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
When I started, I was a theater actress, and there were roles that I couldn't imagine not playing, like Rosalind in 'As… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
As an actor, you want to be open to the unexpected. So in order to be open to that, you do have… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I had never met an actress or an actor when I thought that I might like to be one. I had never… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
One of the things on a very practical level as an actor or actress is that when you do a play, you… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
It's always tricky to watch yourself, always. When I first had to watch myself, it was really hard because I'd done quite… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I'm just as intrigued by acting as ever. It's an ongoing process. There's no arrival. There's no point at which you say… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I do have to take care of myself, not only because I'm in the movies, just for mental health reasons. I exercise for me.… — Annette Bening Copy Share
We all get lost along the way, but hopefully we figure out some sort of path. It helps if you can imagine the process… — Annette Bening Copy Share
One of the things on a very practical level as an actor or actress is that when you do a play, you do the… — Annette Bening Copy Share
We want to be seen for who we really are, and each person has his own complex story and reasons for doing what they… — Annette Bening Copy Share
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… — Annette Bening Copy Share
I'm lucky: almost all my family has lived to be very old. I have one grandfather who lived to be 100. — Annette Bening Copy Share
It's always tricky to watch yourself, always. When I first had to watch myself, it was really hard because I'd done quite a few… — Annette Bening Copy Share
Why I love acting is that it's totally subjective and I like that. I like that. — Annette Bening Copy Share
Somebody said something really smart: It's like you end up being the defense attorney for your role. Your job is to defend their point… — Annette Bening Copy Share
Anybody who has children and children who are well feels a sense of responsibility towards parents and kids and families that are struggling and… — Annette Bening Copy Share
I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and in movie acting, certainly… — Annette Bening Copy Share
