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title: "1 Great Ability Quotes By Susan Sarandon"
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> [The directors I consider really great have the ability to recognize when something's going in an unexpected direction and see it as a bonus and be able to go with it, as opposed to locking down what they thought was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/the-directors-i-consider-really-great-have-the-ability-to-recognize/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

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## More by Susan Sarandon

> [I'm happy to be considered desirable. I love it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/i-m-happy-to-be-considered-desirable-i-love-it/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

> [Being a Catholic, I was drawn to the mystery of the Latin and the smoke and the mirrors and all of that. That part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/being-a-catholic-i-was-drawn-to-the-mystery-of-the-latin-and-the/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

> [It's still not easy to find roles that offer more complex images of women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/it-s-still-not-easy-to-find-roles-that-offer-more-complex-images-of/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

> [I'm always trying to have a good time on set because that's when things happen. That's when you're playful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/i-m-always-trying-to-have-a-good-time-on-set-because-that-s-when/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

> [To each person, their own way of death - with dignity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/to-each-person-their-own-way-of-death-with-dignity/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

> [To become a lapsed Catholic, first go to a Catholic university.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/to-become-a-lapsed-catholic-first-go-to-a-catholic-university/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

> [To know that once you decide to look at life outside of the narrow limits of just your world and start to understand that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/to-know-that-once-you-decide-to-look-at-life-outside-of-the-narrow/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

> [You have to take away the idea that something you do is right or wrong. I don't think there's a right or a wrong;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/you-have-to-take-away-the-idea-that-something-you-do-is-right-or/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

> [I hesitate to direct even though I feel I contribute a lot on a set.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/i-hesitate-to-direct-even-though-i-feel-i-contribute-a-lot-on-a-set/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

> [I think looking at your own life, on- and offscreen, you can motivate anything, or you can delude yourself into anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/i-think-looking-at-your-own-life-on-and-offscreen-you-can-motivate/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

> [It is a different world than when I was growing up, and you started to just kind of maintain at thirty-five and just hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/it-is-a-different-world-than-when-i-was-growing-up-and-you-started-to/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

> [I'm a native New Yorker. Everything to do with New York feels like my family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/i-m-a-native-new-yorker-everything-to-do-with-new-york-feels-like-my/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

> [I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/i-try-to-live-my-life-every-day-in-the-present-and-try-not-to-turn-a/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

> [I hope they're present in their lives and feel some kind of empathy. I think a lot of the mistakes that have been made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/i-hope-they-re-present-in-their-lives-and-feel-some-kind-of-empathy-i/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

> [If you walk down the street and see someone in a box, you have a choice. That person is either the other and you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sarandon/if-you-walk-down-the-street-and-see-someone-in-a-box-you-have-a/)

[Susan Sarandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sarandon/)

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