Patricia Clarkson Quotes

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

I'm still traumatized that I'm going to be on a big screen in a white bikini and naked so who knows!.. view

By: Patricia Clarkson

If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise... view

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The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business... view

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Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?.. view

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You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

I love writers. All of my best friends are writers... view

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I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes... view

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I don't like a lot of rehearsing... view

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I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor... view

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I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

But I have had the luxury of working on good films with great people... view

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But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds... view

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I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally... view

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I have to watch the news or my day is not complete... view

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I just have a thing for writers. Maybe it because I'm just so not a writer... view

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And now oddly I'm getting sexier parts than I've ever gotten... view

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I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies... view

By: Patricia Clarkson

And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me... view

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I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy... view

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Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever... view

By: Patricia Clarkson