Lisa Kudrow quotes

Lisa Kudrow is an American actress, producer, and writer, widely recognized for her role as Phoebe Buffay on the television sitcom "Friends." Her performances have earned her critical acclaim and a number of prestigious awards. She continues to be an influential figure in the entertainment industry. Here are 30 of her quotes:

I've learned you can make a mistake and the whole world doesn't end. I had to learn to allow myself to make a mistake without becoming defensive and unforgiving.

Lisa Kudrow

Blonde is dumb comedy, red hair is smart, sexy comedy.

Lisa Kudrow

I have no affectation when I speak.

Lisa Kudrow

I do like reality shows, and I watch some of them because they're high drama. It's also just fun to watch people have honest reactions.

Lisa Kudrow

I'm the youngest in my family, and everyone is very funny, and I was always trying to keep up with them. I just loved making people laugh.

Lisa Kudrow

I found the right man, got married, and just had to keep not reinventing myself, just deciding that it doesn't matter what you are if you are a good person.

Lisa Kudrow

I've been careful to keep my life separate because it's important to me to have privacy and for my life not to be a marketing device for a movie or a TV show. I'm worth more than that.

Lisa Kudrow

I wanted to be the kind of woman who would attract a certain kind of man that I could respect. That was my thinking. It had to do with the kind of couple I would be a part of.

Lisa Kudrow

My hair got lighter, and I gradually went blonde. I liked it. Had more fun. But my image of myself in my head is this dark-haired person.

Lisa Kudrow

Since I had the baby I can't tolerate anything violent or sad, I saw the Matrix and I had my eyes closed through a lot of it, though I didn't need to. I would peek, and then think, oh OK, I can see that.

Lisa Kudrow

Shirley MacLaine said, You're so funny, then gave me a hug. Everything went white. I couldn't hear, I couldn't see. I thought I was going to pass out.

Lisa Kudrow

You become a celebrity, not because of your work or what you do, but because you have no privacy.

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Christina Ricci is amazing, the most professional actor I think I've ever met. You can be chatting with her and when they call action, she's right there.

Lisa Kudrow

I'd played dumbasses a lot. On Mad About You, I played a very dumb waitress and they saw me.

Lisa Kudrow

We wanted to do a woman on a reality show because that's what's happening right now-it's part of our culture.

Lisa Kudrow

I'll accept being Phoebe to people for a while longer, given how much fun it was. That's totally fair.

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On network TV, I'm still Phoebe to people, and it would be hard to convince them otherwise in the bright lights of a sitcom.

Lisa Kudrow

I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn't want my kids to have an actress as a mother-to have, like, a silly person.

Lisa Kudrow

One fantasy is that I just do a Don Roos movie every year if that's possible. If he'd have me.

Lisa Kudrow

There are some issues I'm more conservative on. As a parent, I'm concerned that there are so many young, young, young kids - like 12 years old - that are starting to have sex.

Lisa Kudrow

I started watching reality shows and being horrified at people signing up to be humiliated in front of the entire country. ... I saw one show, The Amazing Race, in which people were eating spicy soup and vomiting and crying. Why would you do that? Also, I was fascinated by these actors and actresses who would sign up to be followed around by cameras in their life. You become a celebrity, not because of your work or what you do, but because you have no privacy. I've been careful to keep my life separate because it's important to me to have privacy and for my life not to be a marketing device for a movie or a TV show. It's worth more than that. I'm worth more than that.

Lisa Kudrow

You have to surrender to the fact that you are of too many in a highly competitive field where it is difficult to stand out. Over time, through your work, you will demonstrate who you are and what you bring to the field. Just stay with it and keep working.

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