45 Quotes by Shannyn Sossamon

You know when there's someone new on the rise and there's too much hype? I didn't want that to be me.

Someone pays me a hundred bucks every Tuesday to DJ. I don't think I'll ever give that up.

I'm a film doll. But I'm enjoying it. So I'm gonna keep doing it.

I see in my friends that don’t have kids, when they come over, and the amount of times our conversation gets interrupted by my children. It’s almost jarring.

Most of the auditions I went on, I passed up the projects because I just wasn’t interested. When I read A Knight’s Tale, that was that. I knew I wanted to do this movie.

I’m really enjoying being an actor right now, at this point in my life. It’s a great job, it’s a huge responsibility, and I just want to do it more.

I did short film with Damian Lewis from Homeland, that was a really incredible experience. He’s one of the best actors I’ve ever worked with. Even though that’s a short film for Jaguar that’s really, in essence, a commercial, it didn’t feel like it, at all.

I’m a little bit more of a relaxed, lazy mother.

I think the emotional toolbox I have is healthy for an actor, as far as the intensity of emotions go. It’s other things I have to hone. I can swim in that comfortably.