Jennifer Westfeldt
Jennifer Westfeldt
Jennifer Westfeldt is an American actress and screenwriter known for the 2001 hit independent film Kissing Jessica Stein, her 2004 Tony nomination for Wonderful Town, and her 2011 film Friends with Kids...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth2 February 1970
CityGuilford, CT
CountryUnited States of America
Jennifer Westfeldt quotes about
needs
I'm not a parent yet, but I feel like a kid needs to be loved.
needs afraid-of-failure
Don't be too afraid of failure to learn what you need to learn.
dog needs and-love
Dogs just need you and love, that's all.
Well, you know, I'm quite a reluctant writer. I'm not someone who set out to be a writer or really wanted to be.
inspires york
I seem to only write New York stories because it's the only thing that inspires or interests me.
interested lines perform role sure writer
As an actor, I've always been interested in making sure I can perform the role and the lines in the way the writer intended.
best honest worst
I'm pretty much honest to a fault. It's my best and my worst quality.
growing-up real goal
Everything I did growing up was with that as the real goal - doing Broadway; doing theatre. That was always the big thrill for me.
independent together schedules
With any independent film, it's all about getting everyone's schedules in line and everything together at the same time and just doing the best you can do when that happens - if it happens.
hard-work people excellence
People in theatre work harder than anyone in the world - as far as I'm concerned - as far as sheer output of energy and the rigor and excellence that they maintain doing something every day, or twice a day.
trying safe actors
The part that I felt most comfortable with going in was just working with actors and trying to make them feel comfortable and safe so they could find the performance. That part felt organic to me.
equal-treatment credit want
I guess what I learned about myself is I'm a bit of a socialist; I want everyone on the set to get equal treatment and credit.
thinking input collaboration
I think film is collaboration, and I always want to hear everyone's input.
thinking hardest hardest-thing
The hardest thing is never what you think it's going to be.