Anjelica Huston Quotes

I don’t think it’s necessarily healthy to go into relationships as a needy person. Better to go in with a full deck.

I think all actors – they’ll hate me for saying this – but we are babies. We like to be loved, and we’ll do anything if we’re loved.

If I were to have any sort of solid idea about which moments were God’s manifestations, they would be those moments where one has practically nothing to do with what’s going on. It’s one of the best feelings in the world.

I don’t think people have ever cast me for anything too traditional or midwestern or housewifey.

Writing must certainly be one of the hardest professions – writing and painting.

The terrible thing about acting is the stops and starts.

Age is not enviable in America. It’s not applauded all that strongly. You have to take it all with a grain of salt.

It would probably be very sensible to be in love with someone who was not in the arts and who wasn’t so prone to ups and downs. When I think of people who aren’t in the arts, I immediately think of politicians for some reason, and I would never want to be with a politician.

I like it when you read a script and there’s the part that you show to the other characters and then there’s the part that only the audience knows.

It was great to work in Ireland because it’s such a beautiful country, but it’s not particularly easy to film in because the weather changes all the time.

There have been times when I wanted children and other times I’ve been grateful not to have them. I am a mess if I have to say goodbye to my dog for longer than five days. I don’t know how I would deal with kissing my children as I left for work. I know there are women who are able to do that. I don’t know if I could.

I very much like doing voiceovers, and I also like doing readings. I do books on tape and stuff. I have fun with it.