Diane Lane Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I grew up loving horses. I was relatively obsessed, starting with my rocking horse at age 2, all the way through my painting and drawing phase.”

“So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done.”

“Sometimes I think opposable thumbs were invented so teenage girls could use text messaging.”

“You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you.”

“Because that's what intimacy is: It's a willingness to be vulnerable, a willingness to bite my tongue and a willingness to set an example of what I believe in.”

“I loved acting, I started as a child and it is interesting because I didn't compare myself to others that were doing the same thing. I just felt that I needed to stay focused and stay out of trouble.”

“I think fun is an important part of the entertainment industry, and it should be. Anybody who's not incorporating some of that into their work needs to take a break, go away, and have an attitude adjustment.”

“I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to make a film, for the most part. I think it requires the attentiveness of a mother hen.”

“I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel.”

“If people knew what made hits they'd make more of them, so to have the illusion of control over one's career isn't something I can even pretend to have.”