Jessica Lange Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“If I didn't have children I'd be a much better actress. I wouldn't be so distracted. I could pour 100 percent of my energies into it, to promote the investigation which acting is.”

“For me, acting was always a way to explore emotions - to dip into the well and really try to reach rock bottom down there. That was the most exciting part of it. I hadn't found anything that really allowed me to do that until I came upon acting.”

“It comes down to something really simple: Can I visualize myself playing those scenes? If that happens, then I know that I will probably end up doing it.”

“Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise.”

“All through life I've harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment.”

“At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life.”

“I've been thinking a lot about next year, which will be the first time in 25 years that I don't have a child at home.”

“There are no explanations, there are no answers.”

“If you're really in the process of photographing, you are absolutely aware. You are looking.”

“Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them.”