Kelly Lynch Quotes

The least consideration of any film I've ever worked on is who is right for it.

My whole career is based on taking a left turn after each film and doing the opposite of what I've just done.

I do come shackled with whatever people think I am.

Well, I'm a consumer as well. I go to the movies with my popcorn and believe everything I see.

It's important for me to see as many colors in the character as possible.

The fact that I got Drugstore Cowboy at all was a fluke.

You know, I change my hair color a lot, I do all sorts of different things.

Yeah, I do feel badly sometimes, not for whose coming up and getting roles I'm not right for anymore but the people I compete with, who range from Uma Thurman on up.

I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job.

All I really want to do is entertain people out there sitting in the dark and for them to believe it.

I think right now in the world we're feeling like there's no solid ground beneath our feet, you know?

Well, for someone who looks like me you wonder where Alfred Hitchcock is.

I can't wait til I get the chance to be a character and how my face looks isn't the first consideration.

My idols are all older.

And sometimes I do films so my daughter can see me work.

In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies.

That's where I got my start and where I'll continue to work, but I can't tell you the number of films between Drugstore Cowboy and Curly Sue that I auditioned for and wanted that didn't choose me.

I like to show as much of a woman as I can. I like to fill things out.

Cause I won't repeat myself, the way I dress and look.

But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them.

It's part of the fun of it to work with strong personalities.

I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.

I don't care what people's myths are about me.

I've been overwhelmed; I was a single mother for a time.

In their 30s women really start to live... they're not children anymore, and they're not just mothers.

I just think we're living in a time of massive, amazing change, like the Industrial Revolution on acid.

Most movie stars don't change their look at all.