Michelle Pfeiffer Quotations | Page 2

When I first started out, I said to myself, if this doesn't happen there will be something else that I can do. That seemed possible because I knew how to do so many different kinds of jobs.

You know what I'd like to do? I'd like to play a bag lady.

I think all actors have a sadomasochistic streak, because acting is kind of brutal, you know.

I went to court-reporting school to study stenotyping. After awhile, whenever anybody spoke, in my mind my fingers would be punching it out. Even two years after I quit, my mind still did that.

My father was very strict, but mostly I just didn't know how to behave on a date.

I still look like a duck.

Actually, I think that turning 29 was more difficult, because once I turned 29, I anticipated 30 for the whole year, so by the time 30 came around it really wasn't that bad.

You can't have a favourite meal, like you can't have a favourite movie or a favourite book or a favourite child.

You've got each other's back. I think if everyone shows up with that attitude, then everybody has a great time, and I think the work is better as well.

[De Niro]'s a classic example of somebody who is iconic and who sort of effortlessly puts actors at ease the moment you meet him. I think it's also just something that he innately does with people.