Catherine Keener Quotes

22 quotes in 279 categories

• The movies I usually do are maybe three or four weeks because they don't have a lot of money.
• The more people involved in making a movie, the worse it is, generally.
• The movies I'm in not a lot of people see, but it's alright.
• When I was in college, at Wheaton-I inadvertently got cast in a play, and I had a really great time doing it. I didnt know…
• The celebrity-making machine-photographers, paparazzi, press and stuff like that-can be ruthless.
• I know many great actors who have small heads.
• Sometimes it just doesn't translate to people. You just move on, and you feel bad because people worked so hard on it and everyone loved…
• If you give a character room to breathe, they come alive.
• Insecurity is just something that's there all the time. I've never been crippled by it.
• I don't think I'm very ambitious at all. But I seem to play people who have that quality.
• I encounter really tough men and women who are just so harsh, you can't bend them. You do come across these kinds of people in…
• I was a waitress. I was pretty good at it. I liked to solve those puzzles-you know, when to put the dinner order in, that…
• I think people are always looking for a good comedy.
• If you work in casting, it's sort of not cool to want to act. A lot of people think that casting directors are frustrated actors,…
• Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot…
• I'm not a public figure at all. I don't really go out a lot to places where there are people like those who sit at…
• I... had guys on the set who didn't like me... they weren't interested in the cold character.
• I've worked with a lot of great directors.
• These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people…
• You know, Salma Hayek is a great cook, and she's a friend.. She's an amazing cook. If she opened up a restaurant, I would so…

Browse Catherine Keener Quotes by Category