Jessica Lange

At certain times you really feel as though you have to do something.

— Jessica Lange

I have always followed the most passionate course.

— Jessica Lange

Don't be absent from your own life.

— Jessica Lange

I have a life that's just been a well of loneliness.

— Jessica Lange

There are no explanations, there are no answers.

— Jessica Lange

I never think of the future. I never imagine what comes next.

— Jessica Lange

Photography was a blessing because it filled my time.

— Jessica Lange

I have made decisions based from purely an actor's point of view.

— Jessica Lange

To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership.

— Jessica Lange

I've been thinking a lot about next year, which will be the first time in 25 years that I don't have a…

— Jessica Lange

Everything is transient. Everything is constantly changing. The only thing we have is now.

— Jessica Lange

I like playing characters who are out there on the edge, where they can explode at any moment or fall off the…

— Jessica Lange

To work on the actual location I think is great. This thing of going to Canada and pretending you're in New York,…

— Jessica Lange

I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy.

— Jessica Lange

I've never been a sunny personality. I've never been outgoing. I'm a solitary person.

— Jessica Lange

If you're really in the process of photographing, you are absolutely aware. You are looking.

— Jessica Lange

American Horror Story re-energized me; it re-energized my career. There’s no shame in recognizing that. It’s exposed me to a whole new…

— Jessica Lange

So much of my sense of who I am is tied to mothering. When they left home, I fell into a huge,…

— Jessica Lange

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe.…

— Jessica Lange

It comes down to something really simple: Can I visualize myself playing those scenes? If that happens, then I know that I…

— Jessica Lange

The thing with psychoanalysis is I know basically what happened in my childhood. I know where things went wrong and I know…

— Jessica Lange

What I love about photography, and it's the same thing I love about acting, really, is that it forces you, like, right…

— Jessica Lange

I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don't think you can be an actor and not do it. There were moments…

— Jessica Lange

Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I discovered that it's easy because it's so…

— Jessica Lange

I went to the University of Minnesota to study art. I left the university to come to New York and live in…

— Jessica Lange

As an actor, you have to have trust and believe that somebody is taking care of you or watching your back. With…

— Jessica Lange

Usually, you get a script and you have the whole story. All the acts are there, for a play. You know what…

— Jessica Lange

There was a period of time when I was very political, when I was at the university. It was like the late…

— Jessica Lange

What can I say? I hate Bush; I despise him and his entire administration, everything he represents and everything he has tried…

— Jessica Lange

That's always been like a fascination to me - watching my family, three sisters and a brother and all growing up basically…

— Jessica Lange

Yes, and you should question your government.

— Jessica Lange

When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you.

— Jessica Lange

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.

— Jessica Lange

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.

— Jessica Lange

Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes.

— Jessica Lange

Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them.

— Jessica Lange

TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films,…

— Jessica Lange

The cruelest thing of all is false hope, and just remember, if you look into the face of evil, evil is going…

— Jessica Lange

I have been a waitress, and I was a damn fine waitress too, let me tell you.

— Jessica Lange

It [military action on Iraq] makes me feel ashamed to come from the United States. It is humiliating.

— Jessica Lange