Illeana Douglas Quotes

I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.

I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies.

I always wanted to get into the horror genre. I like scary movies. I want to go to the fan shows and sign posters with my head hanging by a thread like a B-movie actress.

The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.

When we were doing a scene, lots of times we would collapse giggling because it seemed so silly because it felt like we were doing a home movie at times.

I'm a huge poster collector.

In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting.

I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action.

It's nice to see a movie where people are actually succeeding.

I love sketch comedy. My real goal is to do something with Albert Brooks. That would be my fantasy. I stay up night and day thinking up stuff he might find funny.

Women don't want to be listened to. They only want to be agreed with

I enjoy doing independent films more, only because there's more freedom. There's not as many cooks tampering with what you are trying to do.

I come from a pretty strange family.

I know in this day and age, when you meet men, they often want to be boys. They dress like boys. And it's very confusing. I can't offer any solution except to make a movie about it.

I like the idea of capturing people who aren't there to save the world.

There's too much insecurity on studio sets, with all the people standing around, whispering.

I'm a big fan of Albert Brooks, Nichols and May. I'd like to follow in their footsteps and do comedy films.

I loved the idea of the Nerd as Hero, which Ghost World also had.

I learned that a television show is not a collaboration. You give your 180 percent, but you do not question the show-runners. I remember doing a reading, and my part was kind of small that week, and I commented on it, and the next week, they cut me out of the show. So I learned that you never ask questions. In TV, you always assume you're going to be fired.

God only knows what else is on the web about me.

When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.

It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.

I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.

I met Patricia Neal, John Houseman. But I loved my grandfather because he was this kind, talented man.

I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.

I like doing movies that relate to people's experience.

I wore a lot of vintage clothing. I dressed like a reporter, with a little card in my hat. I had these fantasies of who I wanted to be, so I'd dress like an explorer, a cowboy. I dressed up like Elton John a lot too. That was another period.