So much of my sense of who I am is tied to mothering. When they left home, I fell into a huge, empty, black hole. Your children are grown and your career has slowed down – all the stuff that took up so much attention is gone, and you’re left with expansive time and space. Jessica Lange Read Quote
If you’re really in the process of photographing, you are absolutely aware. You are looking. Jessica Lange Read Quote
Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you’re working with an actor who’s just unbearable. Jessica Lange Read Quote
The worst is when I talk myself into something. Sometimes you take things because you want to work with a certain actor, or you want to work with a director, even if the script or the part’s not that great. Jessica Lange Read Quote
This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural. Jessica Lange Read Quote
To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I’ve never done before. Jessica Lange Read Quote
To work on the actual location I think is great. This thing of going to Canada and pretending you’re in New York, it’s terrible. Jessica Lange Read Quote
We are not the originators of the story. I think it’s actually the opposite when you’re an actor. You’re telling somebody else’s story. Jessica Lange Read Quote
When I am home for like a two-year stretch, I get antsy, because I want to work. Jessica Lange Read Quote
