Lili Taylor

I tried to do the commercial thing. But I don't want to keep shoving Twinkies down everyone's throat. People are hungry for…

— Lili Taylor

The weird thing about this business - and I'm sure this operates in many other things, but it's very present and acute…

— Lili Taylor

I haven't gotten stuck with something because I just keep going, and I keep doing different things.

— Lili Taylor

Two things I'm trying to work on are openness and flexibility.

— Lili Taylor

It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by.

— Lili Taylor

Doors of opportunity don't open, they unlock; it is up to you to turn the knob.

— Lili Taylor

I felt that the biological clock was some myth to keep me from doing what I wanted to do. And so I…

— Lili Taylor

I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and…

— Lili Taylor

When it's working, what acting is really about is getting into the essence of a moment in a creative, joyous way -…

— Lili Taylor

If someone puts up $100 million on a movie, they're gonna be concerned about whether they'll get it back. So they're not…

— Lili Taylor

As a woman, a lot of stories haven't been told and we've got a lot of catching up to do.

— Lili Taylor

The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy

— Lili Taylor

I like to play smart, three-dimensional women. I also like to play roles where the women are a little crazy. I just…

— Lili Taylor

It's tricky to say 'never,' but I will never have plastic surgery.

— Lili Taylor

I guess the characters I play may be at the more destructive edge of the spectrum, more damaged or whatever, but I…

— Lili Taylor

I do believe there's good in all of us, even if it's layered over so thickly.

— Lili Taylor

There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't…

— Lili Taylor

Cannes is a very strange place. I tried to show up as best I could and to try not to be cynical.

— Lili Taylor

We need art. We've been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival.

— Lili Taylor

I love Central Park. I spend a lot of time in there. I try and get in there whenever I can.

— Lili Taylor

To do work that's not going to be fulfilling doesn't make sense.

— Lili Taylor

You can rest a lot in an hour or have a whole day and not do it properly. One way I get…

— Lili Taylor

Being famous gives you a lot of illusions of false self, of self-importance, a grandiosity, it becomes difficult to stay humble and…

— Lili Taylor