Acting's an odd profession for a young person; it's so extreme. You work, and the conditions are tough and the process is so immersive, and then it stops, and then there's nothing. So you have to find ways of making you feel productive when you're not actually producing anything. For a young person, that's really challenging.
Michelle PfeifferAnd I'm a really happy person, I enjoy life. I think you see that on people. I think there's nothing more aging than misery.
Michelle PfeifferEven though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself.
Michelle PfeifferI'm afraid to be alone, I'm afraid not to be alone. I'm afraid of what I am, what I'm not, what I might become, what I might never become. I don't want to stay at my job for the rest of my life, but I'm afraid to leave. And I'm just tired, you know? I'm just so tired of being afraid.
Michelle Pfeiffer