To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before.

Quote by Jessica Lange

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To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering...

To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering...

I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's...

I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's...

I love being a mother. I loved being a daughter, a sister, a wife. I...

I love being a mother. I loved being a daughter, a sister, a wife. I...

The only place I've felt was really my home is my cabin up north. There's...

The only place I've felt was really my home is my cabin up north. There's...

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no...

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no...

To work on the actual location I think is great. This thing of going to...

To work on the actual location I think is great. This thing of going to...

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is...

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is...

It comes down to something really simple: Can I visualize myself playing those scenes? If...

It comes down to something really simple: Can I visualize myself playing those scenes? If...

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something...

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something...

I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don't think you can be an actor...

I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don't think you can be an actor...

At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that...

At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that...

There was that feminist myth that we can do everything. I don't think you can.

There was that feminist myth that we can do everything. I don't think you can.

Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long...

Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long...

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or...

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or...

I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am...

I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am...

Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I...

Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I...

Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of...

Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of...

When I am home for like a two-year stretch, I get antsy, because I want...

When I am home for like a two-year stretch, I get antsy, because I want...

The worst is when I talk myself into something. Sometimes you take things because you...

The worst is when I talk myself into something. Sometimes you take things because you...