Catherine Keener

I encounter really tough men and women who are just so harsh, you can't bend them. You do come across these kinds…

— Catherine Keener

The celebrity-making machine-photographers, paparazzi, press and stuff like that-can be ruthless.

— Catherine Keener

I... had guys on the set who didn't like me... they weren't interested in the cold character.

— Catherine Keener

The movies I usually do are maybe three or four weeks because they don't have a lot of money.

— Catherine Keener

If you give a character room to breathe, they come alive.

— Catherine Keener

I'm not a public figure at all. I don't really go out a lot to places where there are people like those…

— Catherine Keener

Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can…

— Catherine Keener

I think people are always looking for a good comedy.

— Catherine Keener

You know, Salma Hayek is a great cook, and she's a friend.. She's an amazing cook. If she opened up a restaurant,…

— Catherine Keener

I don't think I'm very ambitious at all. But I seem to play people who have that quality.

— Catherine Keener

These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place,…

— Catherine Keener

I have a hard time visualizing anything, which is why I'm not a director, and which is why I try to work…

— Catherine Keener

The movies I'm in not a lot of people see, but it's alright.

— Catherine Keener

I just never fantasized about Mr. Rogers, but I like his whole vibe.

— Catherine Keener

I know many great actors who have small heads.

— Catherine Keener

When I was in college, at Wheaton-I inadvertently got cast in a play, and I had a really great time doing it.…

— Catherine Keener

“Luck favors the prepared”

— Catherine Keener

Insecurity is just something that's there all the time. I've never been crippled by it.

— Catherine Keener

I was a waitress. I was pretty good at it. I liked to solve those puzzles-you know, when to put the dinner…

— Catherine Keener

I've worked with a lot of great directors.

— Catherine Keener

If you work in casting, it's sort of not cool to want to act. A lot of people think that casting directors…

— Catherine Keener

Sometimes it just doesn't translate to people. You just move on, and you feel bad because people worked so hard on it…

— Catherine Keener

I'm unqualified for anything else. I'm barely qualified for this.

— Catherine Keener

The more people involved in making a movie, the worse it is, generally.

— Catherine Keener