Vinessa Shaw

I think all of the directors I've worked with are mostly curious about the time I had on 'Eyes Wide Shut.' They…

— Vinessa Shaw

When I realized that nothing is perfect and no one is perfect, I was able to overcome my initial fears. I was…

— Vinessa Shaw

When you practice Buddhism, you have to always self-reflect, and you can't avoid your problems. That makes me understand human beings better.…

— Vinessa Shaw

I'm not very good at dating. I'm very decisive. If I like someone, then they're my boyfriend. It's pretty straightforward.

— Vinessa Shaw

It's such an awkward, strange thing that was concocted, to have auditions. Back in the old days, you'd just have a screen…

— Vinessa Shaw

I had done the child acting thing, which is pretty much learning your lines, standing there looking natural, and having fun.

— Vinessa Shaw

The compassionate actions of a Buddha are essential to reforming and revitalizing society.

— Vinessa Shaw

I believe that dialogue is the key to breaking through our tendency to separate and isolate. Dialogue changes isolation and loneliness into…

— Vinessa Shaw

In 'Garden Party' or '40 Days and 40 Nights,' I played characters who people don't necessarily like; I just find some humanity…

— Vinessa Shaw

I was going to school thinking I was going to do something entirely different, thought acting was just a hobby at that…

— Vinessa Shaw

How many Buddhists does it take to change a lightbulb? Many in body, one in mind.

— Vinessa Shaw

I think all movie love scenes are hard because you can't truly be as intimate as you would be with anyone you're…

— Vinessa Shaw

I'm a Buddhist and active in my Buddhist's Association, and I'm actually a National Young Women's representative for the organization, so I…

— Vinessa Shaw

My grandmother is still a woman who worries about what she looks like when she goes outside. She's from that era, and…

— Vinessa Shaw

Coming to know one another based on a shared humanity through dialogue is the key to breaking down the walls of isolation…

— Vinessa Shaw

With sex scenes and intense scenes, in general, a lot of it is preparation before the scenes happen, so that you don't…

— Vinessa Shaw

My dad's a surfer-psychologist, and my mother's an actress-fitness instructor, and we all practice Buddhism.

— Vinessa Shaw

In Garden Party or 40 Days and 40 Nights, I played characters who people dont necessarily like; I just find some humanity in them.

— Vinessa Shaw

I'm a perfectionist, so doing a high quality, high caliber television show with great actors makes me feel like there's this whole…

— Vinessa Shaw

Anywhere in the world, any day of the week, in 192 countries and territories worldwide, one can find an SGI Buddhist meeting…

— Vinessa Shaw