Lili Taylor Quotes

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• Two things I'm trying to work on are openness and flexibility.
• 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 gonna make a…
• Cannes is a very strange place. I tried to show up as best I could and to try not to be cynical.
• The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy
• When it's working, what acting is really about is getting into the essence of a moment in a creative, joyous way - through whatever frees…
• I guess the characters I play may be at the more destructive edge of the spectrum, more damaged or whatever, but I find a lot…
• As a woman, a lot of stories haven't been told and we've got a lot of catching up to do.
• I like to play smart, three-dimensional women. I also like to play roles where the women are a little crazy. I just have a feel…
• There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on…
• We need art. We've been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival.
• It's tricky to say 'never,' but I will never have plastic surgery.
• I love Central Park. I spend a lot of time in there. I try and get in there whenever I can.
• To do work that's not going to be fulfilling doesn't make sense.
• I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect…
• I do believe there's good in all of us, even if it's layered over so thickly.
• I tried to do the commercial thing. But I don't want to keep shoving Twinkies down everyone's throat. People are hungry for something of more…
• I felt that the biological clock was some myth to keep me from doing what I wanted to do. And so I rebelled against it…
• You can rest a lot in an hour or have a whole day and not do it properly. One way I get a quality recharge…
• Being famous gives you a lot of illusions of false self, of self-importance, a grandiosity, it becomes difficult to stay humble and real. You see…
• It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by.

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