There's so much confidence and freedom that comes from that way of doing things. Robert Altman and Alan Rudolph make the set the place to be. It's fun. It's a kind of creative freedom that's really inspiring. Altman loved actors… — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them. — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share Image
Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible. — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share Image
I don't really watch my moves all that often; I mean, really, I don't. — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share Image
I'd love to have children, and I think marriage is great, I really do. — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share Image
I love being in therapy. It's just constantly fulfilling for me. — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share Image
I'm not necessarily less gratified by films where you're given less room to maneuve. Because I love a great script, and I love to respect it, and I love to try to give a director what he needs and wants, especially having directed now. [Laughs.] I'm much more open to try to give him what he wants and figure it… — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share
I don't want to play the same person twice, that's not why I wanted to act. — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share Image
I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself. Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible. It wasn't like some idea of going to Hollywood; it was in my backyard. I lived two blocks from Grauman's Chinese… — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share
I'm a typical middle child. I'm the mediator. The one that makes everything OK, puts their own needs aside to make sure everybody's happy.… — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share Image
I feel like I turned down a lot of things that I wish I hadn't. But you never know when you're younger. I don't have regrets about certain things I turned down. Those films would have required things of me that would have been challenging, and they ended up being really good movies. But I was never a careerist, I… — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share
