63 Quotes by Hope Davis

I feel like I’m one of the happiest people I know.

It’s too easy to sum up a person’s character in one negative instant, and it doesn’t put anything good out into the world.

I haven’t frequented a nail salon in a long time.

I’m usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl.

To play Hillary Clinton? I’m kind of winging it. No, are you kidding me? I prepared obsessively. I mean, as much as I could in the time that I was given. Of course, with someone like Hillary Clinton, obviously, anything you want is on YouTube and at your fingertips there.

Every summer my husband and I pack our suitcases, load our kids into the car, and drive from tense, crowded New York City to my family’s cottage in Maine. It’s on an island, with stretches of sea and sandy beaches, rocky coasts, and pine trees. We barbecue, swim, lie around, and try to do nothing.

I’ve seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work.

There’s nothing I love more than a good cry.

The network shows tend to be run, in general, in my experience, by committee, and it’s hard for actors and writers to do their jobs.