66 Quotes by Patricia Clarkson

I’ll read a script maybe twice, but I’ll think about the role more than I’ll rehearse lines.

I think it’s always harder in a film to convey intimacy.

I’m really a director’s actor. I rely heavily on a director.

I don’t like a lot of rehearsing.

I’m obsessed. I’ve always needed to know what’s going on but now it’s a must.

The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you’re lucky if you have five takes.

Being married and having a child was not something I wanted, and I knew that at a very young age. I tend to be more solitary, and I'm truly a free spirit.

These archetypal older women in movies can sometimes make my skin crawl. It's about the one dimension; it's about the lack of any texture.

When I was younger, of course I had people act inappropriately to me. I've had certain directors yell at me. But I didn't stand for it, and I didn't let it go far enough for it to be in any way abusive to me.