141 Quotes by Annette Bening

I'm still very critical of myself in film.

I've always been pretty levelheaded. In show business you need to have a certain internal stability.

I've played parts that were just likable people, and there's a certain pleasure in that. And that's that.

I've tried to take roles with great demands.

If anything, I want to please people too much.

If you can open people's hearts first, then maybe people's minds get opened after that.

If you're an actor, you have to find a way to make peace with all the media attention.

It's always 'busy' with four children; it's chaos.

My dad was in the life insurance business, so I learned about selling when I was about 14 because I started working as a secretary.