Coming to know one another based on a shared humanity through dialogue is the key to breaking down the walls of isolation and reversing the decline of life-to-life bonds among human beings. Vinessa Shaw Read Quote
How many Buddhists does it take to change a lightbulb? Many in body, one in mind. Vinessa Shaw Read Quote
In ‘Garden Party’ or ’40 Days and 40 Nights,’ I played characters who people don’t necessarily like; I just find some humanity in them. Vinessa Shaw Read Quote
When you practice Buddhism, you have to always self-reflect, and you can’t avoid your problems. That makes me understand human beings better. I feel that the more I do that in my own life, the more I can see how to play a character. Vinessa Shaw Read Quote
My grandmother is still a woman who worries about what she looks like when she goes outside. She’s from that era, and I can remember saying to her, ‘Grandmother, we’re just going to the grocery store.’ And she’d be like, ‘I’ve got to fix my face!’ You were very aware of how you were presenting yourself to society in 1960s Las Vegas. Vinessa Shaw Read Quote
I had done the child acting thing, which is pretty much learning your lines, standing there looking natural, and having fun. Vinessa Shaw Read Quote
I think all movie love scenes are hard because you can’t truly be as intimate as you would be with anyone you’re truly with, and everyone’s watching you. Vinessa Shaw Read Quote
It’s such an awkward, strange thing that was concocted, to have auditions. Back in the old days, you’d just have a screen test, and they’d say, ‘Oh, you seem natural in front of the camera,’ and you’d just go do 10 pictures for Paramount or whatever. Vinessa Shaw Read Quote
I’m a Buddhist and active in my Buddhist’s Association, and I’m actually a National Young Women’s representative for the organization, so I travel a lot helping young women who are practicing Buddhism. Vinessa Shaw Read Quote
I believe that dialogue is the key to breaking through our tendency to separate and isolate. Dialogue changes isolation and loneliness into connection and interdependence. This, I believe, is the essence of Buddhism. Vinessa Shaw Read Quote
