Julianne Moore quotes

Julianne Moore is an acclaimed American actress known for her emotionally nuanced performances in film and television. Her work spans a wide range of genres, including drama, thriller, and comedy. She has received numerous awards, including an Academy Award and a Cannes Film Festival award, for her outstanding talent. Here are 20 of her quotes:

I think that one of the things that you do learn is that falling in love and being in love with someone is a rarity. That you don't fall in love as many times as you think you're going to. And then when you do, it's really special; it's really important. (Julianne Moore)

In grade school I was a complete geek. You know, there's always the kid who's too short, the one who wears glasses, the kid who's not athletic. Well, I was all three.

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Art is an expression of who we are, what we believe, and what we dream about.

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The audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves.

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If you're 50, you're never going to be 50 ever again, so enjoy being 50. If you sit through the year wishing you were younger, before you know it, it's going to be over, and you're going to be 51.

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Every different social group that I encountered had its different set of rules, so you learn very quickly how to pick up the nuances and change yourself accordingly. When you are not from anywhere, you have to try to find what's universal. You are always trying to fit in.

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My kids have always been allowed to have dessert. My husband thinks I'm too free and easy about that kind of stuff, but my kids will throw out a half-eaten ice cream cone if they've had enough, which I've never in my life been able to do.

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When I was seven, these kids in the alley behind our house in Omaha called me Freckleface Strawberry. I hated my freckles, and I hated that name. I thought it was humiliating in the way that only a seven-year-old could hate it.

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You know, comedy's hard. With drama, you have a responsibility to the emotional truth, but with comedy, you have emotional truth and you have technique on top of it.

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There was a period of time in America where the advertising world actually went to the housewives of America and had them write jingles that would appeal to them. It was actually brilliant marketing.

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At the Golden Globes, they put all the bigger stars in the front; the movie stars in the front, TV actors in the back. But even as a movie star, you can be outseated by a bigger star in any given year. It's kind of hilarious. You have to take it in stride. (Julianne Moore)

I love my kids with all my heart and the last thing I want to worry about is the air they breathe.

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People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film.

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With actors, all our ages are out there for all to see - you can't hide anything, really. And it's kind of a relief. This is my age, this is what I look like without makeup on - who cares? That youth culture - that lying about your age - it's all denial of death anyway.

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We shouldn't require our politicians to be movie stars. Then again, we're all influenced by charisma. It's hard not to be. We all collectively fall for it.

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Comedy is ridiculously hard. And if the rhythm is not right, if the music or the line is not right, it's not funny.

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When I was younger, I thought I had to shut myself off, work really hard to cry. I learned after a while that that's just not... You know, often in life, you cry when you're caught off-guard. That's where I need to be when I'm acting, too.

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My life may be a pretty crazy life at times, but its a very privileged one - being able to earn a good living doing what you love. Not many people have such an opportunity.

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Movie studios aren't making too many dramas anymore; they're in the superhero business. Material for television is much, much stronger for actors now.

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When the computer and tablets are all about playing games, thats not interesting to me.

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Occupation: American Actress
Born: December 3, 1960
Quotes count: 20

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