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> [I'm not afraid to play my age. I never was. I've never been an ingenue. I like getting older.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bello/i-m-not-afraid-to-play-my-age-i-never-was-i-ve-never-been-an-ingenue/)

[Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bello/)

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## More by Maria Bello

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bello/i-was-always-anti-marriage-i-didn-t-understand-monogamy-i-couldn-t/)

[Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bello/)

> [There's usually not a lot of rehearsal when you do films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bello/there-s-usually-not-a-lot-of-rehearsal-when-you-do-films/)

[Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bello/)

> [Life goes so fast, and there is so much to do. But the moments that have enriched my life the most came when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bello/life-goes-so-fast-and-there-is-so-much-to-do-but-the-moments-that/)

[Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bello/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bello/i-think-most-women-these-days-can-understand-me-juggling-a-career/)

[Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bello/)

> [There is always one person on the set who has a lot of anxiety, an actor who is really intense and has to stay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bello/there-is-always-one-person-on-the-set-who-has-a-lot-of-anxiety-an/)

[Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bello/)

> [I think a lot of people become actors because they have a great reservoir and repertoire of many different emotions they felt over their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bello/i-think-a-lot-of-people-become-actors-because-they-have-a-great/)

[Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bello/)

> [I'm interested in people who have lived, who are searching and questioning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bello/i-m-interested-in-people-who-have-lived-who-are-searching-and/)

[Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bello/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bello/people-tend-to-think-when-you-re-on-dramatic-films-that-it-s-all-so/)

[Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bello/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bello/you-can-be-feminine-and-strong-at-the-same-time-you-can-be-a-bad-ass/)

[Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bello/)

> [My mother told me when I was a kid that each time we get to what feels like the edge of a cliff, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bello/my-mother-told-me-when-i-was-a-kid-that-each-time-we-get-to-what/)

[Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bello/)

> [I think my work as an actress is less about a director and more about a person. You feel you can trust them instinctively.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bello/i-think-my-work-as-an-actress-is-less-about-a-director-and-more-about/)

[Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bello/)

> [You serve the best by doing what you love the most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bello/you-serve-the-best-by-doing-what-you-love-the-most/)

[Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bello/)

> [I want to do more action adventures and more romantic comedies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bello/i-want-to-do-more-action-adventures-and-more-romantic-comedies/)

[Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bello/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bello/i-just-have-a-gut-feeling-about-something-if-i-really-want-to-do-it/)

[Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bello/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-bello/i-don-t-really-have-a-method-or-a-technical-process-i-studied-sanford/)

[Maria Bello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-bello/)

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