30 Quotes by Ann Dowd

Wherever the career wasn't going the way I wanted it to, I would experience those disappointments, and I would put them somewhere where I could say, 'Come on now, you're still working. Keep your focus where it belongs.'

I have to say my background was mostly theatre, which I love, and it took a long time to feel comfortable there. That's probably true of anyone's career.

Life gets more interesting as it goes on. It becomes fuller because there is perspective there.

The first 10 years of my education were spent at a Catholic school in Springfield, Mass.

Sit with silence a lot - real silence, where nothing is happening - because you learn so much in those moments of quiet.

I was the second oldest of seven children, and chores were a way of life for us. If your task wasn't completed, you were called right back to finish it.

I remember, as a young Catholic girl in high school, seeing 'The Exorcist,' and it scared the wits out of me.

In general, between an actor and a character, there needs to be a falling in love, if you will - which I'm saying in quotes.

Two of my aunts are Catholic sisters.