136 Quotes by Jessica Lange

Your children are grown and your career has slowed down - all the stuff that took up so much attention is gone, and you're left with expansive time and space. You have to reimagine who you are and what life is about.

TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't.

I've never been a sunny personality. I've never been outgoing. I'm a solitary person.

I've got nothing left to lose at this point. The work I've done is out there.

I do love acting. But to work as a photojournalist would have been extraordinary.

I have made decisions based from purely an actor's point of view.

I've worked with some teachers and coaches over the years, but I didn't really study theater or technique or voice or any of that stuff extensively.

It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.

Photography was a blessing because it filled my time. If I had to start over, I'd pursue photography - probably to the exclusion of acting.