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 KeenerI don't think I'm very ambitious at all. But I seem to play people who have that quality.
Catherine KeenerSometimes it just doesn't translate to people. You just move on, and you feel bad because people worked so hard on it and everyone loved it... Everybody was treated so well and was going for something and trying to do the best work possible.
Catherine KeenerI encounter really tough men and women who are just so harsh, you can't bend them. You do come across these kinds of people in every profession-just unyielding.
Catherine KeenerWhen I was in college, at Wheaton-I inadvertently got cast in a play, and I had a really great time doing it. I didnt know I had any knack for it, but I really enjoyed myself. It was a complete surprise.
Catherine KeenerI... had guys on the set who didn't like me... they weren't interested in the cold character.
Catherine KeenerThe movies I usually do are maybe three or four weeks because they don't have a lot of money.
Catherine KeenerMost 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 KeenerIf you work in casting, it's sort of not cool to want to act. A lot of people think that casting directors are frustrated actors, but it wasn't true with any of the casting people I knew.
Catherine KeenerI was a waitress. I was pretty good at it. I liked to solve those puzzles-you know, when to put the dinner order in, that sort of thing.
Catherine KeenerThe celebrity-making machine-photographers, paparazzi, press and stuff like that-can be ruthless.
Catherine KeenerInsecurity is just something that's there all the time. I've never been crippled by it.
Catherine Keener