I like as much time as I can get and I'll do whatever I think is helpful to prepare for a role. Sometimes it's practical research, meaning if I had to write shorthand, I'd learn how to write shorthand. Or… — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share Image
You try to find the internal life, but a lot of it is creating it through physical behavior and figuring out the voice when you create as much of a past as you would in a naturalistic piece. But it's… — 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… — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share Image
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… — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share Image
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… — 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…” quote by Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/084/jennifer-jason-leigh-14248_admire_i-m-not-necessarily-less-gratified-by-fi_845507.jpg)
