--- title: "1 Realize Person Quotes By Jennifer Jason Leigh" description: "1 Realize Person quotes by Jennifer Jason Leigh. Plus more from Jennifer Jason Leigh and more Realize Person sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/jennifer-jason-leigh-14248_character_even-when-you-think-you-can-detach-yours_1758050.jpg" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-jason-leigh/even-when-you-think-you-can-detach-yourself-from-the-characters-you/) [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-jason-leigh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/jennifer-jason-leigh-14248_character_even-when-you-think-you-can-detach-yours_1758050.jpg) ## More by Jennifer Jason Leigh > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-jason-leigh/one-of-the-reasons-that-i-do-a-lot-of-different-kinds-of-pictures-is/) [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-jason-leigh/) > [Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-jason-leigh/acting-for-kids-is-like-playing-house-you-know-but-growing-up-in/) [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-jason-leigh/) > [I don't really watch my moves all that often; I mean, really, I don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-jason-leigh/i-don-t-really-watch-my-moves-all-that-often-i-mean-really-i-don-t/) [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-jason-leigh/) > [When I find a role I want to play, I just go after it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-jason-leigh/when-i-find-a-role-i-want-to-play-i-just-go-after-it/) [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-jason-leigh/) > [I'd love to have children, and I think marriage is great, I really do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-jason-leigh/i-d-love-to-have-children-and-i-think-marriage-is-great-i-really-do/) [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-jason-leigh/) > [I love being in therapy. It's just constantly fulfilling for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-jason-leigh/i-love-being-in-therapy-it-s-just-constantly-fulfilling-for-me/) [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-jason-leigh/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-jason-leigh/i-m-not-necessarily-less-gratified-by-films-where-you-re-given-less/) [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-jason-leigh/) > [I don't want to play the same person twice, that's not why I wanted to act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-jason-leigh/i-don-t-want-to-play-the-same-person-twice-that-s-not-why-i-wanted-to/) [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-jason-leigh/) > [It's very exciting to work with people who inspire you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-jason-leigh/it-s-very-exciting-to-work-with-people-who-inspire-you/) [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-jason-leigh/) > [I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself. Acting for kids is like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-jason-leigh/i-loved-acting-as-a-kid-because-i-was-kind-of-shy-so-it-brought-me/) [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-jason-leigh/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-jason-leigh/i-m-a-typical-middle-child-i-m-the-mediator-the-one-that-makes/) [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-jason-leigh/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-jason-leigh/i-feel-like-i-turned-down-a-lot-of-things-that-i-wish-i-hadn-t-but/) [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-jason-leigh/) > [Children accept their world as the world. I grew up like kids that I went to school with. Their parents were either shrinks or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-jason-leigh/children-accept-their-world-as-the-world-i-grew-up-like-kids-that-i/) [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-jason-leigh/) > [I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in, and not just casually observe. Whatever my part in it, just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-jason-leigh/i-like-a-movie-that-the-audience-actively-has-to-participate-in-and/) [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-jason-leigh/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-jason-leigh/i-d-much-rather-be-in-a-movie-that-people-have-really-strong-feelings/) [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-jason-leigh/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/realize-person/jennifer-jason-leigh/#itemlist", "name": "1 Realize Person Quotes By Jennifer Jason Leigh", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Even when you think you can detach yourself from the characters, you don't. 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