Catherine Keener quotes Her role as Yvonne in 'Johnny Suede' (1991) Born: 03/23/1959 Country: usa

• “It does help that Dermot is an actor. I hate having to care about that stuff. But I know it's legitimate and he appreciates what the ramifications are.” (Catherine Keener) [help/care]
• “I'm paranoid, anyway.” (Catherine Keener)
• “It takes a while for me to actually want to do something. I don't find a lot of things that I really want to do.” (Catherine Keener) [find]
• “I... had guys on the set who didn't like me... they weren't interested in the cold character.” (Catherine Keener) [cold]
• “I know many great actors who have small heads.” (Catherine Keener) [actors]
• “Insecurity is just something that's there all the time. I've never been crippled by it.” (Catherine Keener) [time]
• “I was an English and history major, and I was in a class that culminated in a play at the end of the semester for Father's Weekend-we had a thing at our college called Father's Weekend where we all paid tribute to our fathers.” (Catherine Keener) [english/class/start/thing]
• “For a long time Dermot worked more, and I would always go on location with him... Dermot did all the work-I think he commuted maybe 10 times between flying to Omaha from Toronto. It takes effort when you're both working, but we try not to work at the same time.” (Catherine Keener) [time/more/think]
• “I never ice skated before... I learned enough to skate for the 20 yards I needed to.” (Catherine Keener)
• “I just never fantasized about Mr. Rogers, but I like his whole vibe.” (Catherine Keener)
• “I'm pretty organized. I'm pretty controlling. I don't have big plans or designs. But I don't rely on a Palm Pilot or help or other technology-no! I'm barely good with emailing and a fax machine. I organize things in my head; I have a pretty good memory, so that helps me out a lot.” (Catherine Keener) [help/memory]
• “I've worked with a lot of great directors.” (Catherine Keener)
• “I don't see him as a total nerd, ... I think he's a regular guy who got freaked out about sex early on, because people do. And I think he's just kind of a normal guy who collects action figures.” (Catherine Keener) [think/sex/people/think]
• “Your head shouldn't swell about it. You can't take it personally.” (Catherine Keener) [take]
• “They had a really strong love for each other. They were best friends as kids, and she protected him.” (Catherine Keener) [love]
• “Or if it means too much. If it's just a hump that you can't get over, which can happen, it can just poison a relationship.” (Catherine Keener)
• “I thought you weren't going to go there.” (Catherine Keener)
• “And now you won't be.” (Catherine Keener)
• “Well, you won't be now.” (Catherine Keener)
• “It does indicate something. It indicates that that person of a large profile feels strongly about it ... and is then endorsing it virtually by being in it. I don't know if that means that everyone will like it or that it's better necessarily, but it means that that person you like, who's a big star, is willing to put all of this lifestyle that they're accustomed to aside for something they want to do, which is always good to me. I always would rather see something people want to do, as opposed to something that they should.” (Catherine Keener) [strongly/being/willpower/lifestyle]
• “If you give a character room to breathe, they come alive.” (Catherine Keener) [give/character]
• “I'm unqualified for anything else. I'm barely qualified for this.” (Catherine Keener)
• “In these situations that I've been involved in, people are going toward a common goal, which is to do good work. The crew will go out of their way to make you feel comfortable and give you an encouraging pat on the back. Everybody just works toward that objective, and it's really helpful in a performance. It's dire for me.” (Catherine Keener) [people/willpower/give/objective]
• “I think I'm pretty adaptable.” (Catherine Keener) [think]
• “The more people involved in making a movie, the worse it is, generally.” (Catherine Keener) [more/people/movie]
• “I'm not a public figure at all. I don't really go out a lot to places where there are people like those who sit at the bottom of your driveway.” (Catherine Keener) [people]
• “You know, Salma Hayek is a great cook, and she's a friend... She's an amazing cook. If she opened up a restaurant, I would so get in on the coattails.” (Catherine Keener)
• “I read the script about five times, out loud, and I still had no idea what it meant.” (Catherine Keener)
• “Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal.” (Catherine Keener) [people/being/perfect/look]
• “The movies I usually do are maybe three or four weeks because they don't have a lot of money.” (Catherine Keener)
• “These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people generally don't know what it's like.” (Catherine Keener) [people/think/naive/people]

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