66 Quotes by Patricia Clarkson

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

Talent is a very potent aphrodisiac. When someone is incredibly gifted, I find them incredibly sexy.

And it's not that I haven't taken a money job here and there but for the most part I have been driven by the need to work on a great script.

I like to think of myself as a free spirit. I’ve never married. I’m not conventional in that way. But I do like romance. I’ve been fortunate enough that I’ve had great love, and I’ve dated remarkable men in my life. I’m very thankful for all of that.

Even though I’m a free spirit, I like to keep my friends and my lovers separate. I have extraordinary friends, but I don’t want to see them naked.

And I have a really great agent and I know it’s almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me.

The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you’re a woman in this business.

If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it’s been a great ride.

That’s the hardest part of acting: when it is ultra-personal, when it is deeply personal, and there’s no lying involved. You can’t fake it, you can’t get by it. This is dealing with the most primal instincts and emotions that a mother can have.