Jessica Lange

“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.”

“If you're really in the process of photographing, you are absolutely aware. You are looking.”

“It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.”

“For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.”

“I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.”

“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...”

“Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.”

“This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.”

“It comes down to something really simple: Can I visualize myself playing those scenes? If that happens, then I know that I will probably end up doing it.”

“I have been a waitress, and I was a damn fine waitress too, let me tell you.”