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Dianne Wiest

(1948) Character Actor United States

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Dianne Wiest is a character actor from the United States, best known for The Birdcage.

Quick Facts About Dianne Wiest

Born: March 28, 1948
Nationality: United States
Profession: Character Actor
Notable works: The Birdcage

About Dianne Wiest

Dianne Evelyn Wiest is an American actress. She has won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress for 1986's Hannah and Her Sisters and 1994's Bullets Over Broadway, one Golden Globe Award for Bullets Over Broadway, the 1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Road to Avonlea, and the 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for In Treatment. In addition, she was nominated for an Academy Award for 1989's Parenthood.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Theatre World Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Quotes by Dianne Wiest

Sweet things happen. They still do.

Sweet

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It was just this crazy craziness, and the fact that it was shot in Paris, and it had these incredible people in…

Craziness

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Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain or have an opinion.

Cinema

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I recently turned down a film that I didn't want my kids to see. Priorities shift. Sometimes I'm sad about that, but…

Cinema

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Young people are more intelligent and sophisticated.

Intelligent

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At our house, my father loved the arts. Among his favorite things was 'The Metropolitan Museum of Art Album of Miniatures' -…

Art

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You are at the mercies of the dailies. With an indie you don't have that.

Dailies

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I got a few laughs and decided I was going to act.

Act

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I used to watch dailies and felt I had to keep on top of the character, but I don't feel that any…

Character

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Unless you are unique, your opinion goes out the window.

Opinion

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Gee, this isn't like I imagined it would be in the bathtub.

Bathtubs

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After the war, my father, Bernard, left the Army Air Forces to fly for Trans World Airlines. But after I was born,…

Air force

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I shot Footloose nearby, and we used to hike. Very fond memories.

Fond memories

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Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain in the...or have an opinion.

Actors

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Theater is not to make a living, so I don't have the money pressure.

Life

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Woody is so musical in his filmmaking. I've never worked with anyone I've trusted so completely. He won't let you hit a…

Filmmaking

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I'm more aware of time. The element of time.

Time

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The formula is the star. I couldn't work inside that formula.

Astronomy

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At West Point, we first lived in Central Apartments in a third-floor walk-up next to the hospital where my father worked. My…

Bedroom

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Being a family member is hard no matter where you are. It's hard to be a kid. It's hard to be a…

Brother

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I had to choose, I'd be so sad. They are flip sides of the same coin. I love both comedy and drama.

Coins

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When we were doing Bullets over Broadway, he told me to be more fragile and I thought I was, but he saw…

Broadway

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I've never really felt at home in L.A. I've only been here to work, and then I immediately go back to New…

Home

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What I love is a peanut butter and pickle sandwich. I'll just have peanut butter and bananas, then peanut butter and pickles.…

Bananas

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I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn't take their formula and bring what I had, my…

Failure

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