Quotes by Glenn Close, page 2

Glenn Close - american actress

Was born on 28 nov 1954.

Origin country: United States

I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star.

Quote by Glenn Close about celebrity, thinking, affair

I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they're trying to play, so all this temperament comes out.

Quote by Glenn Close about talent

I think there are certain actors that have that kind of energy about them, that taking over a room energy.

Quote by Glenn Close about actors

I thought it was astounding that a woman was censured for wanting to just take up photography. I thought, my, how the world has changed.

Quote by Glenn Close about photography, thinking, woman, world

I wanted kids to know that it's really Cruella going through this punishment for what she was planning to do to the puppies.

Quote by Glenn Close about punishment

I'm an actor, that's my contribution.

Quote by Glenn Close about actors

I'm of the alien nation of actors. I'm only really comfortable with other aliens.

Quote by Glenn Close about actors, nation

I've been sacrificing my life for my work for 30 years, and now I want it the other way around. I want to find work that fits into my life and that would be based here.

Quote by Glenn Close about work, life

Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man.

Quote by Glenn Close about genius, man

It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.

Quote by Glenn Close about home, house

It is very difficult for girls. They're told to look one way, but to act another way.

It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do.

Quote by Glenn Close about things

It's not good to be in a situation where people don't want to direct you or don't want to question something.

Quote by Glenn Close about question, good, good luck, people

The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It's my way of saying, Don't mess with me.

Quote by Glenn Close about kitchen, things

There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth.

Quote by Glenn Close about wealth

There's something about a catharsis that is very important.

We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.

Quote by Glenn Close about actors

We were fortunate enough to have several good books detailing the camps and the women. Some were by the survivors. I also got to talk to some of the women who had been in the camp, survivors.

Quote by Glenn Close about books, good, good luck

When I hear that somebody's difficult, I think, Oh, I can't wait to work with them.

Quote by Glenn Close about work

When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.

Quote by Glenn Close about blood