Even when you think you can detach yourself from the characters, you don't. Because you're spending so much time trying to realize this person and make them real that they do infect you, in a way. And you do take… — 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
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
I don't really watch my moves all that often; I mean, really, I don't. — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share
I'd love to have children, and I think marriage is great, I really do. — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share
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
I don't want to play the same person twice, that's not why I wanted to act. — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share
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
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
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
Children accept their world as the world. I grew up like kids that I went to school with. Their parents were either shrinks or… — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share
I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in, and not just casually observe. Whatever my part in it, just as… — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share
I'd much rather be in a movie that people have really strong feelings about than one that makes a hundred million dollars but you… — Jennifer Jason Leigh Copy Share
