Claire Danes Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I would sign on for projects that were meant to shoot in July, and then they would postponed and they would bleed into the following semester, and then I'd take a semester off, and then the movie would collapse.”

“I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. I am really interested in feelings and think they are what define us as a species. When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting.”

“My parents never condescended to me. As a child, I always sat at the head of our dinner table. I was always given a lot of responsibility.”

“The big question is always, 'Eyes or lips?' I tend to go with the eyes because I've got a lot more material to work with now - and it saves me from reapplying lipstick! I'm a pretty low-maintenance person and it's too excessive to exaggerate both the eyes and lips.”

“Autism does exist on a spectrum, and there are so many manifestations of it, so many kinds of expressions of it. And every case is particular.”

“Oliver Stone's strategy is to unnerve the actors so as to make them alert and alive.”

“I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior.”

“When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting.”

“My character was kidnapped by the Terminator and I was kidnapped by the Terminator production.”

“I have this book club, and we don't read one book; we offer up a few suggestions and create a library over time.”