"I act, but I am a mother first…" — Annette Bening

"I act, but I am a mother first and wife second."

— Annette Bening

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49 Quotes by Annette Bening

Annette Bening has 49 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.
Don't wait to have a baby! Do it now!
We want to be seen for who we really are, and each person has his own complex story and reasons…
I think where I've instinctively found myself is that I am somewhat guarded in my public life. Being interviewed or…
I knew I wanted children in my life. The acting was always in relation to it. Life at home is…
I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and…
I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice.
Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last.…
We still want to idealize moms, and sometimes we want to idealize actresses who are moms, too. I know that's…
I don't see myself as competing with other actresses. I mean, I went through a time when I was in…
We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme…
Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way!

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More Act Quotes

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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