Jessica Lange quotes

Jessica Lange is an American actress acclaimed for her versatile performances in film, television, and theater. Her work has earned her numerous awards, including two Academy Awards and several Emmy Awards. She is recognized as one of the greatest actresses of her generation. Here are 53 of her quotes:

I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy. (Jessica Lange)
Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons. View quote
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I never think of the future. I never imagine what comes next. View quote
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Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them. View quote
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The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children. View quote
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There are no explanations, there are no answers. View quote
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I never shot on sets, but if I was traveling somewhere or on location, I would always have my camera, and I'd always be - it's that kind of fly on the wall approach to photography, though. I don't engage the subject. I like to sneak around, skulk about in the dark. View quote
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We started shooting the film before they'd even come up with a working model of King Kong, it wasn't unusual for the wardrobe to be decided on the day before a scene was going to be shot - usually those things are worked out months in advance. We had a veteran crew, and our cameraman, Harold Wellman, had actually worked on the original 'King Kong' in 1933. It was my first movie, of course, and people would take me aside and tell me that no matter how many more movies I made, I'd never make another one like this. View quote
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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. View quote
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This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural. View quote
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There was that feminist myth that we can do everything. I don't think you can. (Jessica Lange)
Allow the diversity to exist. There is nothing wrong with it. Hell, we put up with the religious right-we can put up with transgendered human beings. View quote
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What I love about photography, and it's the same thing I love about acting, really, is that it forces you, like, right into the moment, where you can't be distracted, where you can't be, like, thinking about other things or ahead of yourself or behind yourself. View quote
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To work with a director that has emotional commitment and passion toward the characters, and the piece, and the experiences, it only enriches your work. View quote
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I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden. View quote
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When I think back on Kong, that was like difficult too, because there was no reality in making that movie. There was so much that was left to my own devices and imagination. And when I had to play a scene opposite a 45-foot ape, that was bit taxing on your imagination because obviously there was nothing there, you know. View quote
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The worst is when I talk myself into something. Sometimes you take things because you want to work with a certain actor, or you want to work with a director, even if the script or the part's not that great. View quote
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Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes. View quote
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For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home. View quote
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I do love acting. But to work as a photojournalist would have been extraordinary. View quote
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Photography was a blessing because it filled my time. (Jessica Lange)
To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before. View quote
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One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story. View quote
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Once I started on 'Frances' I discovered it was literally a bottomless well. It devastated me to maintain that for eighteen weeks, to be immersed in this state of rage for twelve to eighteen hours a day. It spilled all over, into other areas of my life. View quote
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When I am home for like a two-year stretch, I get antsy, because I want to work. View quote
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Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange - Image
Photo: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Actress
Born: April 20, 1949
Quotes count: 53

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