--- title: "1 Doing Scene Quotes By Glenn Close" description: "1 Doing Scene quotes by Glenn Close. Plus more from Glenn Close and more Doing Scene sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/844/glenn-close-8097_back-and-forth_so-you-have-the-challenge-of-just-learni_2808381.jpg" --- > [So you have the challenge of just learning the lines, period, and not only learning them, but learning them to the extent that you assimilate them, so that you're not worried about what the next word is coming out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/so-you-have-the-challenge-of-just-learning-the-lines-period-and-not/) [Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/844/glenn-close-8097_back-and-forth_so-you-have-the-challenge-of-just-learni_2808381.jpg) ## More by Glenn Close > [Love makes no sense at all. But it's the most powerful and amazing force in the entire universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/love-makes-no-sense-at-all-but-it-s-the-most-powerful-and-amazing/) [Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/) > [I love Ron Howard, he's a wonderful director, incredibly prepared. But I have to criticize my performance in that movie. It all took place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/i-love-ron-howard-he-s-a-wonderful-director-incredibly-prepared-but-i/) [Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/) > [As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/as-an-actor-i-go-where-the-good-writing-is-that-s-the-bottom-line/) [Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/) > [I don't have the body or the face for romantic comedies, so I've never been offered those. The challenge is that a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/i-don-t-have-the-body-or-the-face-for-romantic-comedies-so-i-ve-never/) [Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/) > [I'm not a natural ocean person. I married into a family of swimmers, and I've slowly been drawn into the sea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/i-m-not-a-natural-ocean-person-i-married-into-a-family-of-swimmers/) [Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/) > [When you're on the set, and sometimes, because it's been so complex and the writers have been really writing, sometimes up until the last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/when-you-re-on-the-set-and-sometimes-because-it-s-been-so-complex-and/) [Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/) > [I've often been mistaken for Meryl Streep, although never on Oscar night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/i-ve-often-been-mistaken-for-meryl-streep-although-never-on-oscar/) [Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/) > [I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/i-had-a-great-time-on-the-shield-from-working-on-it-i-have-a-totally/) [Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/) > [Taking power away from a man is a dangerous thing. Someone always pays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/taking-power-away-from-a-man-is-a-dangerous-thing-someone-always-pays/) [Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/) > [My fellow actors inspire me a lot and really good writing inspires me. And then trying to stick to the decision to only do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/my-fellow-actors-inspire-me-a-lot-and-really-good-writing-inspires-me/) [Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/) > [You have to love the characters you play, even if no one else does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/you-have-to-love-the-characters-you-play-even-if-no-one-else-does/) [Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/) > [I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/i-get-bored-talking-about-myself-but-i-can-talk-about-the-work/) [Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/) > [I've always felt that an independent film is a film that almost doesn't get made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/i-ve-always-felt-that-an-independent-film-is-a-film-that-almost-doesn/) [Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/) > [I'm fascinated by the First World War because it was supposed to be the war to end all wars, and it was the biggest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/i-m-fascinated-by-the-first-world-war-because-it-was-supposed-to-be/) [Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/) > [I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-close/i-knew-the-term-stepford-wife-and-i-knew-what-that-meant-i-never-read/) [Glenn Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-close/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-scene/glenn-close/#itemlist", "name": "1 Doing Scene Quotes By Glenn Close", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So you have the challenge of just learning the lines, period, and not only learning them, but learning them to the extent that you assimilate them, so that you're not worried about what the next word is coming out of your mouth when it comes to doing a scene. And you're also in the trenches with the writers, just in the wonderful kind of back and forth of how is it best to say something, even if it involves four or five words. 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