No matter how much I plan the overall arc of the character, you get there day one on the film and you shooting certain scenes first, and it goes completely different to anything you ever thought of, and then it's… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
As an actor, whatever I get the opportunity to do, if it has a good story then I'm in. I thought 'Dead End' had a great story; 'Nightmare on Elm Street,' of course, was probably the first real horror film… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
I try to keep away exterior events that are going to make me do something negative internally to myself. — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
I started in theater; I did theater in New York for 14 years before I even thought about doing movies - I never thought… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
I've never seen 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre', I've never seen 'Halloween', I've never seen any of the 'Friday the 13ths.' — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
I think the best advice I ever got about acting was from my dad, which was, 'If they don't buy the fish on the… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
I've had a couple of odd experiences - unexplainable anxiety that came my way through a belief in something... I mean, it sounds cryptic,… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
I've gotten jobs that I think I've done the worst audition I ever did, and I got the job. I've done the best audition… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
I think the first thing is don't give up. If you love the craft. If you love being a detective and discovering who a… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
I may be the only actress in Hollywood who won't need a face lift, because when I take off my makeup, I look so… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
No matter how much I plan the overall arc of the character, you get there day one on the film and you shooting certain… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
I just kind of do my thing with sort of tunnel vision for the story and my role and how it fits together. — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
I'm not a blood and guts person. I remember seeing 'House of Wax' as a teenager in 3D. This was years ago, the original… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
As an actor, whatever I get the opportunity to do, if it has a good story then I'm in. I thought 'Dead End' had… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
