49 Quotes by Catherine Keener

I don't think I'm very ambitious at all. But I seem to play people who have that quality.

The movies I'm in not a lot of people see, but it's alright.

Sometimes it just doesn't translate to people. You just move on, and you feel bad because people worked so hard on it and everyone loved it... Everybody was treated so well and was going for something and trying to do the best work possible.

The movies I usually do are maybe three or four weeks because they don't have a lot of money.

These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people generally don't know what it's like.

I've worked with a lot of great directors.

I... had guys on the set who didn't like me... they weren't interested in the cold character.

Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal.

The people who make those movies tend to be studios, because they need a lot of money to do it, and those people don't hire me.