I just thank god that I didn't grow up with so much money or privilege because you had to create ways to make it happen.
Kim BasingerAs a child, I was very shy. Painfully, excruciatingly shy. I hid a lot in my room. I was so terrified to read out loud in school that I had to have my mother ask my reading teacher not to call on me in class.
Kim BasingerYou learn something from everything you do. With every project I've ever done, I've always treated it like I'm still in school.
Kim BasingerI went to the University of Georgia for a year before I left, and then I went to live with Eileen Ford in New York for the modeling agency. I thank god I could do that because all the other kids were getting jobs doing other things, and when I got to New York, I was very blessed. I didn't have to stop and be a waitress. I started making money at a very young age and was just very lucky.
Kim Basinger