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Portrait of Jill Clayburgh

Jill Clayburgh

(1944–2010) Character Actor United States

21 quotes in 83 categories

Jill Clayburgh was a character actor from the United States, best known for From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.

Quick Facts About Jill Clayburgh

Born: April 30, 1944
Died: November 5, 2010
Nationality: United States
Profession: Character Actor
Notable works: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Spouse: David Rabe

About Jill Clayburgh

Jill Clayburgh was an American actress known for her work in theater, television, and cinema. She received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her breakthrough role in Paul Mazursky's comedy drama An Unmarried Woman (1978). She received a second consecutive Academy Award nomination for Starting Over (1979) as well as four Golden Globe nominations for her film performances, and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her television work.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jill Clayburgh

I notice now, whatever character in whatever movie you're watching, they have these toned arms and muscles.

Character

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I don't theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is…

Character

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I like to run, to go down the stairs, I'm one of those kind of people.

Kind

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I just read that Time magazine cover story with all this information about how you have to have your kids by the…

Information

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Clothes are part of the character. They can't but help inform who you are.

Character

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People always seem to see echoes of their own lives in my films.

Cinema

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There's no environment. Use your imagination. There's no fourth wall, whether it's the first time you've told this story about her life,…

First time

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I don't like sitting around in my dressing room very much. It feels a lot like theater.

Dressing room

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Well, this would be nice if it worked out, but I'm not selling the farm.

Nice

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I wasn't very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children's birthday party,…

Birthday

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I no longer say nice things about yoga. I was doing yoga so long before everybody else.

Long

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I came from dinner, went downtown with my friends, the elevator was down, I ran down the hall toward my room at…

Dinner

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I want to be an actress, not a personality.

Personality

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What bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women are. We don't treasure women as they get older.

Bugs

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I love to swim for miles; I could just go back and forth.

Fitness

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I dont theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is…

Character

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There's something about soft, unstructured arms that's very beautiful.

Arms

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I just didn't work that much while the kids were growing up.

Children

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I notice now, whatever character in whatever movie youre watching, they have these toned arms and muscles.

Arms

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There was just this amazing individuality. It's just a whole different world of optimism and fearlessness, women taking off their bras and…

Bras

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A woman came up to me after one of the screenings with tears pouring down her face and sobbed, You've defined my…

Defined

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