Michelle Pfeiffer quotes

Michelle Pfeiffer is an acclaimed American actress known for her versatility and magnetic screen presence. She gained widespread recognition for her roles in films such as "Scarface," "The Fabulous Baker Boys," and "Dangerous Liaisons." She continues to be praised for her compelling performances and enduring influence in Hollywood. Here are 65 of her quotes:

I used to stay up very late at night, much later than I probably should have for such a youngster, and I used to watch very old black-and-white movies with, you know, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, but I remember watching them thinking 'I could do that'... Even though I wasn't inclined at all to actually become an actress. I mean, that wasn't something that was... in the stars for me, no pun intended.

Michelle Pfeiffer

I don't like improvisation. I really don't. I'm the only one that will admit it. Because I think people think you're not a real actor if you don't like to improv. I don't like it.

Michelle Pfeiffer

Even from the beginning, when I was doing junk television, I still had this focus. I knew I wasn't going to be doing that forever, that I wasn't going to be like that...

Michelle Pfeiffer

I guess I sort of just feel like I am lucky.

Michelle Pfeiffer

Everybody is vulnerable to being in relationships where they get fooled. I'm no different. It's just human nature.

Michelle Pfeiffer

Eating a vegan diet - it's just so much healthier - and you avoid a lot of toxins that could age your skin and your body. I really noticed a difference in my skin not too long after switching to fully vegan. ... The older I've gotten, the more it's occurred to me that I'm doing it in order to live longer, though the vanity component will always be there. ... I just told myself one day that I'm going to do it and I'm going to give myself eight weeks. And that I'm not going to commit on this for a lifetime because it's psychologically huge for people to wrap their minds around it. And I'm just going to see how I feel, I'm going to test my blood again and see if there's anything. Giving it that long you sort of get over the fact of feeling how big and difficult it is at the beginning. And if you really give yourself long enough to start feeling differently and sort of see the benefits then it will be great.

Michelle Pfeiffer

So I do the test, and we do this scene, and it's the scene at the end where I throw dishes, and so I threw some dishes... and 'Cut!'... And I look around, and there's blood everywhere, because I broke a plate or something, and they're all checking me - 'Oh my God, she cut herself' - and couldn't find any cut, and then I look, and I realise. I see Al's hand is bleeding. And I cut Al Pacino, in my screen test. I think then he liked me. I think that was actually the turning point.

Michelle Pfeiffer

And I'm a really happy person, I enjoy life. I think you see that on people. I think there's nothing more aging than misery.

Michelle Pfeiffer

I act for free, but I demand a huge salary as compensation for all the annoyance of being a public personality. In that sense, I earn every dime I make.

Michelle Pfeiffer

I always look at it as - it's like a treasure map, and each little detail in it, you sort of look at it for information and it points you in the right direction, to tell you where you need to go.

Michelle Pfeiffer

You know, I look like a duck. I just do. And I'm not the only person who thinks that.

Michelle Pfeiffer

It's usually just awkward. It's not terribly romantic or steamy.

Michelle Pfeiffer

There's always some sort of parallel that's going on in my own life, and so you can use it to, you know, bring closure, perhaps, to certain things that you haven't. A healing, a reconnection. And I believe in that. I believe in that.

Michelle Pfeiffer

I consider myself an attractive woman, and I can be not-so-great-looking if I don't put effort into how I look.

Michelle Pfeiffer

I act for free, but I demand a huge salary as compensation for all the annoyance of being a public personality.

Michelle Pfeiffer

It's so descriptive, it can be used in so many ways - it can be used lovingly, it can be used in the most hateful - it's just very versatile... and you know, it's just, sometimes no other word will do.

Michelle Pfeiffer

I was very strong-willed, very stubborn, and fairly dramatic, I guess.

Michelle Pfeiffer

I don't like talking about the characters I do in film, ever.

Michelle Pfeiffer

I used to smoke two packs a day and I just hate being a nonsmoker... but I will never consider myself a nonsmoker because I always find smokers the most interesting people at the table.

Michelle Pfeiffer

You know, the more you can meet people from different walks of life, the better it is for you. I think the more you can create situations and experiences that give you new perspective, the better.

Michelle Pfeiffer

I look like a duck. It's the way my mouth curls up, or my nose tilts up. I should have played Howard the Duck.

Michelle Pfeiffer

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

Michelle Pfeiffer