Financiers don’t support their directors to cast properly. They don’t have the vision of an artist. They’re casting to spreadsheets, and it’s making movies very mediocre. The movie business used to just be called the movies. Now it should be the business movies. Patricia Arquette Read Quote
There really is a lot of pressure on actresses to look a strange and unrealistic way. You’re not supposed to age. You’re supposed to be perpetually incredibly attractive because that’s the way the movie world is. Patricia Arquette Read Quote
Frankly, there is no shorter shelf life other than that of a child actor, than that of the ingenue. Patricia Arquette Read Quote
My dad was an alcoholic, growing up, so I knew how scary that was from a child’s perspective – the volatility. Patricia Arquette Read Quote
I didn’t want to be looked at. I remember when I was six or seven asking my mom why people were looking at me. She said, ‘They’re looking at you because you’re a beautiful little girl.’ But I didn’t believe her. And yet I put myself in a business where people have to look at you. I think I learnt to block it out. Patricia Arquette Read Quote
When I was tiny, I was a real observer of human behaviour, and I knew I wanted to tell the human story, but I felt shy and unattractive and awkward. Patricia Arquette Read Quote
We never thought ‘Boyhood’ was ever gonna become Oscar-considered. Our shooting budget was $2.8m for 12 years. Altogether. I didn’t know if anyone would see it or appreciate it. Patricia Arquette Read Quote
