Diane Lane Quotes

I think I'd be in an entirely different business if it were easy.

I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.

I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel.

I do feel that if it's not on the page, there's no hope of it getting to the stage. You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you. Sometimes there's this real naïveté that people possess, where they want you to infuse a scene with a certain quality, and it's like an apology. "I read the script, didn't you? What's the agenda here?"

When I was 12, all I wanted was to be good at school, and to do something admirable, something you can't take away from me because I'm not popular or beautiful enough.

I've found there to be a tremendous amount of East Coast snobbery in the journalism world.

You'll never have any mental muscle if you don't have any heavy stuff to pick up.

When I was growing up in New York City, my father was a taxi driver for a time.

I try not to be overly analytical.

Catholics have guilt and Jews have guilt, fine. But mothers can trump them all.

Independent films have a very different cachet than success films.

So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done.

I grew up loving horses. I was relatively obsessed, starting with my rocking horse at age 2, all the way through my painting and drawing phase.

I know I've made the right decision when I've followed my heart.

I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to make a film, for the most part. I think it requires the attentiveness of a mother hen. I don't know how people raise children and direct films. I'm sorry, I don't know, how can you be good at both?

I bought into the myth that you are not complete without romantic love, without a mate. And it can really distract you from your goals. But sometimes you have to take a leap.

I think fun is an important part of the entertainment industry, and it should be. Anybody who's not incorporating some of that into their work needs to take a break, go away, and have an attitude adjustment.

I love my work, but there is no price you can put on what you miss when you are away from your kids.

If people knew what made hits they'd make more of them, so to have the illusion of control over one's career isn't something I can even pretend to have.

I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.

It's always refreshing to step into another time.

I'm not a bad parent and partner, even if I make a thousand mistakes.