I love the luxury of the camera. The camera does so much for you. I like the secrets a camera can tell. — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
If you're an actor, you have to find a way to make peace with all the media attention. — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I've always been pretty levelheaded. In show business, you need to have a certain internal stability. — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
Find the story you want to tell. If you don't want to write it, find somebody to write it. — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I think for all of us, as we age, there are always a few moments when you are shocked. — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
If you can open people's hearts first, then maybe people's minds get opened after that. — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I think you sort of shed skins as you go along in life. You get into your 40s, and you feel like,… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
Even with a stable character, you want something surprising to happen, hopefully because that's what the camera loves the most. That's what… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
Sometimes you're reading something, and you don't know it will be important in your life. You're reading this script, and you start… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
We all get lost along the way, but hopefully we figure out some sort of path. It helps if you can imagine… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
Five billion people have played Hamlet. 'To be or not to be.' And how do you do that and find your way… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
A lot of directors in my experience are very receptive. They see what you do first, and then they want to find… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
What really motivates you to try to work things out as an actor is in large part fear, because you want to… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I always wonder about people's history and their lives, especially people that are a little bit more distant, who obviously have had… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
Somebody said something really smart: It's like you end up being the defense attorney for your role. Your job is to defend… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
There's no question that you can explore aspects of yourself through roles that you play, and you get a chance to investigate… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
When I watch my kids, and I see the primal level at which the sibling relationships are formed, then I completely understand… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I read 'Game Change.' If you want to relive the campaign, that book is unbelievable. It's great. It's the book of that… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
Everybody has a public life, and they have their own private life. Everybody has their secrets. Everybody has their own private, you… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
With movies, so much of it is, 'Who is the human being that is going to be directing it?' Because it is… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
To me idealized characters are so boring to play, especially having grown up in the classical theater. That's a great experience, but… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I think what's interesting about the whole paparazzi thing is that unless you're Brad Pitt or Madonna, you can pretty much avoid… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
It used to be the one or the other, right? You were the 'bad girl' or the 'good girl' or the 'bad… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
There's love for your parents, your family, your spouse, your partner, your friends, but the nature of the connection you have with… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I do have to take care of myself, not only because I'm in the movies, just for mental health reasons. I exercise… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
When I started, I was a theater actress, and there were roles that I couldn't imagine not playing, like Rosalind in 'As… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I do have to take care of myself, not only because I'm in the movies, just for mental health reasons. I exercise for me.… — Annette Bening Copy Share
We all get lost along the way, but hopefully we figure out some sort of path. It helps if you can imagine the process… — Annette Bening Copy Share
One of the things on a very practical level as an actor or actress is that when you do a play, you do the… — Annette Bening Copy Share
We want to be seen for who we really are, and each person has his own complex story and reasons for doing what they… — Annette Bening Copy Share
I don't see myself as competing with other actresses. I mean, I went through a time when I was in New York, and I… — Annette Bening Copy Share
I'm lucky: almost all my family has lived to be very old. I have one grandfather who lived to be 100. — Annette Bening Copy Share
It's always tricky to watch yourself, always. When I first had to watch myself, it was really hard because I'd done quite a few… — Annette Bening Copy Share
Why I love acting is that it's totally subjective and I like that. I like that. — Annette Bening Copy Share
Somebody said something really smart: It's like you end up being the defense attorney for your role. Your job is to defend their point… — Annette Bening Copy Share
Anybody who has children and children who are well feels a sense of responsibility towards parents and kids and families that are struggling and… — Annette Bening Copy Share
I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and in movie acting, certainly… — Annette Bening Copy Share
