267 Quotes by Claire Danes

I was really tired of that, so this opportunity landed on my lap. I was cast literally the day before I started working,

I was dying to do that, to work with Jodie again.

Counterterrorism isn't really about the nunchakus, the guns and gadgets. It's about psychology.

Martin knew the story very well. He internalized it years ago when he wrote the novella,

Every time I make a movie, I'm prepared for it to become influential and career-defining - but I have no control over these things.

I think Jeremy wants things, and I think that's a great moment when (Mirabelle) says, 'You should just do it,' ... I think she just harnesses it or funnels it into some sort of point, and all of a sudden he has a goal. But I think at the beginning it's just a frustration and a desire to do things, but he doesn't really know how to do them, and that's what sets him off on believing you can make the things that you don't see happen. I think he has ambition; I don't think he's familiar with how that feels.

I've always very earnestly tried to do my best, so I just have to trust that and forgive myself for being fallible.

I think they're both inward-looking. That's the most obvious parallel between the two,

College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development.