Oliver Stone's strategy is to unnerve the actors so as to make them alert and alive. — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
Actors want to surprise themselves. When it's really good, you kind of transcend yourself, and that happens infrequently. Very, very rarely. — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
With acting there are a lot more choices, With this, I either stick it or I don't. There's something really unforgiving about… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I was a very confident child. I knew I wanted to be an actress from the age of 5. — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
By the time I went to Yale, I'd been acting for a long time and I was really tired of it. I… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I got an agent when I was 12, and I started working in more amateur productions well before that. But even as… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
When I was 18 I went to college for two years and didn't work for a year which was essential for me,… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
There's certainly something very uncomfortable about the voyeurism involved in being in the press, being an actor, where people have a seemingly… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
My character was kidnapped by the Terminator and I was kidnapped by the Terminator production. — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I think it's important to never play 'crazy' - you have to know what kind of crazy you're playing. — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I hadn't been free from adult responsibilities since I was 12, and I needed to experience that. I really needed to just be a… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
Counterterrorism isn't really about the nunchakus, the guns and gadgets. It's about psychology. — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
Growing up in New York with artist parents - a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo -… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I was told that going to college wouldn't be good for my career, but I think that's nonsense. It's good to empower yourself by… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I could truly have gone through life thinking that women were these venomous creatures. Turns out, they're not. — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
Voice over can be tricky. It can be dangerous because it's over-used or inappropriately used. — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I think people who make movies and have invested a lot of money in them get frightened that if they challenge an audience they… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I was a pretty nerdy kid. I was pretty nerdy. I'm still kind of nerdy. I have all of the worst qualities of being… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
