162 Quotes by Michelle Pfeiffer

My grandmother raised five children during the Depression by herself. At 50, she threw her sewing machine into the back of a pickup truck and drove from North Dakota to California. She was a real survivor, so that’s my stock. That’s how I want my kids to be too.

One of the things I love most about acting is just disappearing in the role, as much as I can. I think that’s one of the things that intrigued me about it.

I don’t think it’s easy for women to watch themselves age. And I think it’s obviously doubly hard to grow older when you are a public figure and you constantly have to see your image all the time, and people are constantly pointing it out.

Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, hold our breath and hope we’ve set aside enough money for our kid’s therapy.

I feel less pressure to dress youthfully. I’m 50 and everyone knows I’m 50 – who are you kidding? Jeans are my uniform. I have about 15 pairs.

I like understanding what’s underneath, what’s really motivating people. When I was younger, I wanted to be a psychiatrist, so I think it has to do with that.

I look like a duck. It’s the way my mouth curls up, or my nose tilts up. I should have played Howard the Duck.

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard – that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

Even though I don’t feel I need approval, it’s still important to me to give a good performance. I’m hard on myself.