267 Quotes by Claire Danes

I know, it’s true. I’ve played these tortured teenagers. I can’t wait to shed that image.

Growing up in New York with artist parents – a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo – I think for a long time I confused jingoism with patriotism. And that is a mistake.

Voice over can be tricky. It can be dangerous because it’s over-used or inappropriately used.

I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn’t out of habit, but I needed to grow up for myself and then kind of re-enter the industry with a sound understanding of what my sensibilities and my values are as a relatively formed human being.

By the time I went to Yale, I’d been acting for a long time and I was really tired of it. I was restless – and a little bored – and I was really eager to investigate different parts of myself.

I used to talk about my personal life all the time. It’s the most fun thing to talk about, the people in my life are hurt.

I’m human. I think people see me as sweeter and softer than I do.

I played a girl. There’s really nothing controversial about her. She’s just fine. She has to be fine in order to make Sarah Jessica’s character pop, I say I just play a white girl in that movie.

I think the voice over actually enhances the various moments instead of compensating for something that’s lacking. Voice over can be tricky. It can be dangerous because its over used or inappropriately used. I think in this case it informs the story.