Dianne Wiest quotes Born: 03/28/1948 Country: usa

• Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain or have an opinion. (Dianne Wiest) [actors/willpower/pain/opinion]
• Gone With The Wind? I'd play everyone! (Dianne Wiest)
• I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn't take their formula and bring what I had, my humor, my ideas, and make it my own. (Dianne Wiest) [role/take/]
• I had to choose, I'd be so sad. They are flip sides of the same coin. I love both comedy and drama. (Dianne Wiest) [love]
• I have more than a technique, a knowledge. It's not anxiety-filled. I relish it. It is like flying, and it's new to me. (Dianne Wiest) [more/knowledge]
• I know I'm not a favorite with producers. Directors want me in films, but producers, well... maybe I cost too much. (Dianne Wiest)
• I look at the kids coming out of Yale. They are so intelligent with their careers. I wish I had that. (Dianne Wiest) [look/wish]
• I love Mill Valley, it's so beautiful here! (Dianne Wiest) [love]
• I recently turned down a film that I didn't want my kids to see. Priorities shift. Sometimes I'm sad about that, but not enough to do anything about it. (Dianne Wiest) [film]
• I shot Footloose nearby, and we used to hike. Very fond memories. (Dianne Wiest)
• I used to be anxiety-filled. (Dianne Wiest)
• I used to watch dailies and felt I had to keep on top of the character, but I don't feel that any more. (Dianne Wiest) [watch/top/character/more]
• I'm more aware of time. The element of time. (Dianne Wiest) [more/time/time]
• I've been grateful for what comes along. (Dianne Wiest)
• It was just this crazy craziness, and the fact that it was shot in Paris, and it had these incredible people in it. It was an easy thing to say yes to. (Dianne Wiest) [crazy/people/thing]
• Jodie and Susan Sarandon are making their own way. The film I'm working on with Whoopie Goldberg, she breaks the glass ceiling on Wall Street. (Dianne Wiest) [film/ceiling]
• Oh my God! I am Willie Nelson! (Dianne Wiest) [god]
• So much for my independent spirit. (Dianne Wiest) [spirit]
• So the cold cream with the chocolate and the pickles-oh, I was a little nauseous after that scene! I begged for peanut butter! (Dianne Wiest) [cold]
• Sweet things happen. They still do. (Dianne Wiest)
• The formula is the star. I couldn't work inside that formula. (Dianne Wiest)
• The studios are very much business. Maybe it was always that way. It is really commercial now. Judgments are made and directions are given to make the cash register ring. (Dianne Wiest) [business]
• Theater is not to make a living, so I don't have the money pressure. (Dianne Wiest) [money]
• Unless you are unique, your opinion goes out the window. (Dianne Wiest) [unique/opinion]
• Very seldom do actors get to do monologues. You just don't get that on film. I loved the script, loved the director, Peter Cohn, and he was able to gather interesting people. (Dianne Wiest) [actors/film/director/people]
• What I love is a peanut butter and pickle sandwich. I'll just have peanut butter and bananas, then peanut butter and pickles. Peanut butter and chocolate I don't recommend. (Dianne Wiest) [love]
• When we were doing Bullets over Broadway, he told me to be more fragile and I thought I was, but he saw it completely differently. (Dianne Wiest) [more]
• Woody is so musical in his filmmaking. I've never worked with anyone I've trusted so completely. He won't let you hit a false note. (Dianne Wiest) []
• You are at the mercies of the dailies. With an indie you don't have that. (Dianne Wiest)
• Young people are more intelligent and sophisticated. (Dianne Wiest) [people/more]

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