I never liked the whole idea of [creating your own] background, if it's not pertinent, where the character lived as a child, and who I was and how I was. That never helped me in any way, so I don't… — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
I was always anti-marriage. I didn't understand monogamy. I couldn't figure out how that could last. And then I met Bryn and I started… — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
Life goes so fast, and there is so much to do. But the moments that have enriched my life the most came when I… — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
I think most women these days can understand me juggling a career with being a mom because most of us do. I think I'm… — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
There is always one person on the set who has a lot of anxiety, an actor who is really intense and has to stay… — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people become actors because they have a great reservoir and repertoire of many different emotions they felt over their… — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
I'm interested in people who have lived, who are searching and questioning. — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
People tend to think when you're on dramatic films, that it's all so heavy, but it's really not when you're working with great actors. — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
You can be feminine and strong, at the same time. You can be a bad-ass and, at the same time, have a vulnerableness when… — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
My mother told me when I was a kid that each time we get to what feels like the edge of a cliff, we… — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
I think my work as an actress is less about a director and more about a person. You feel you can trust them instinctively.… — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
I just have a gut feeling about something, if I really want to do it, if I'm excited about it, if I want to… — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
I don't really have a method or a technical process. I studied [Sanford] Meisner, and that's the thing that really works for me. That… — Maria Bello Copy Share Image
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![“I don't really have a method or a technical process. I studied [Sanford] Meisner, and that's the thing that really works for me. That sort of instinctual, in the moment, what the other actors do, working off them and letting the story unfold, as opposed to having an idea of what the story should be.” quote by Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1e4/maria-bello-18922_actors_i-don-t-really-have-a-method-or-a-techni_1825155.jpg)