120 Quotes by Patricia Arquette

Frankly, there is no shorter shelf life other than that of a child actor, than that of the ingenue.

My dad was an alcoholic, growing up, so I knew how scary that was from a child's perspective - the volatility.

I've crafted a really weird career for myself.

I didn't want to be looked at. I remember when I was six or seven asking my mom why people were looking at me. She said, 'They're looking at you because you're a beautiful little girl.' But I didn't believe her. And yet I put myself in a business where people have to look at you. I think I learnt to block it out.

When I was tiny, I was a real observer of human behaviour, and I knew I wanted to tell the human story, but I felt shy and unattractive and awkward.

Everyone should help women. Everyone has a vested interest.

I'm a person who takes baths in the dark, alone.

I feel like I'm getting the best parts of my career in my 50s.

I didn't think of myself as beautiful, but, in retrospect, I guess I was.