24 Quotes by Dinah Manoff

I've always dated hunks.

I think that from 15 to, like, 18, I went through a very rough time. Something basically everyone goes through in those years - not knowing what you're going to do.

I happen to think, really, that I'm good at what I do.

I don't understand people who want to leave a good job. To me, without being terribly judgmental, those are people who haven't gone through their stint of being out of work for long periods of time.

I wanted to direct more than I wanted to act. And I found I couldn't do everything.

I kept turning down roles because I knew I just wasn't ready for them.

I found out my limit. I'm not a singer and a dancer.

When I like myself, which is not too often, but when I do like myself on film, it's when I point, and I go, 'Look what she did! She did the funniest thing - look at her!' Where I can really separate back from it and I don't see me anymore, then I'm really excited. That's, like, really fun for me. That jazzes me.

I wear a St. Christopher medal. On the back it says: 'Good luck, good luck, good luck - Mama.'