110 Quotes by Natasha Lyonne

I will take the subway and look at certain women and think ‘God, that woman’s story will never be told. How come that lady doesn’t get a movie about her?’

There are beauty icons that I can never be like, sorta like a Gena Rowlands – I’ll never have that look. I love Giulietta Masina, the great Fellini actress. But I’m probably more Seymour Cassel. Or somewhere between Lou Reed and Nora Ephron?

I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don’t feel entitled to success.

As wild as I was, when the cops show up, and suddenly you’re being handcuffed, it’s so deeply shocking and terrifying, the loss of freedom.

I’m really enjoying growing up. I feel like so much of my life was in an existential crisis when I was young, and I don’t feel as bogged down by that anymore.

My hair is such a statement that it’s like a neon sign asking for trouble.

I’m somebody who believes in funny things, and laughing, but I do like for them to come from a place that addresses the human condition.

I’d love to go to school, but every time I try I get a movie. That’s actually how I get work: I enroll. That’s like my good luck charm.

I’m not to be confused with Natasha Henstridge in ‘Species,’ where I just emerge out of the weird alien womb looking amazing. I really rely heavily on my black outfits and my gold chains to give me sort of a thing.