Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men... they want to wrap women up in a neat little package.
Sherilyn FennI loved working on Of Mice and Men. It was a wonderful group of people. John Malkovich is to me one of the best actors around right now-and a lot of fun to work with.
Sherilyn FennI'm honest. I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.
Sherilyn FennIt's not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic.
Sherilyn FennInstead of making Friday The 13th, Part VIII or whatever, I was making the girl-meets-boy, girl-meets-girl-dressed-as-boy movie. It was fun. I liked it. It's goofy. I look back at myself and think, "What the hell was I doing?"
Sherilyn FennI was a brat. It was crazy, I was very picky. In other words, I didn't take advantage of what was happening
Sherilyn FennThere is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don't worry or agonize about the outcome
Sherilyn FennI've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell
Sherilyn FennNow I know why guys like to hug girls. You guys just want to cop a feel. I can't believe that I've fallen for it all these years!
Sherilyn FennI love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have that in me to do it, the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. If there's a lot of people on a set, I get nervous. So music just wasn't something I ever seriously considered.
Sherilyn FennI said, "Oh well, I'll act." I started to study, but I didn't know what I was doing, and I don't know that I was taking it very seriously then.
Sherilyn FennI remember my agent at the time called me and was like, "I've got it! I've found it! I've found your role!" I worked my ass off to get that role, because I think me and three or four other girls tested for it. But it was a great time.
Sherilyn FennIf you're a young woman in Hollywood, then they want you to look a certain way and paint you in this and that. To this day, it's hard to find people like us, who want to kind of find deep truths, not just skirt above the top of it.
Sherilyn FennBeing a mother for me was like, "Oh, this is what I've been looking for my whole life." This brings me a sense of completion. I never knew I would love this deeply.
Sherilyn FennIn a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films because they seem to be the most challenging and unique
Sherilyn FennThey're pushing me to do Howard. Howard's a trip. My friend made me watch the Lesbian Love Connection and I was like, Oh God, get me out of here!
Sherilyn FennYou say a line and you wait for them to laugh, then you say another line and you wait... It felt weird to me. But it's interesting and the energy is almost like theatre, I suppose, with all the people there
Sherilyn FennI don't go to parties and all that. I don't think being seen or being in the right place is going to make me a better actress. I care about my work and try to do what's right in my heart.
Sherilyn FennI got Twin Peaks, and the part was basically written for me, which was a really big shock. I think everything really changed with the right teacher coming together, but before that I worked with Sondra Seacat; she's amazing and very spiritual, but I hadn't worked with her on specific roles. I just was in classes with her.
Sherilyn FennI'm in a space of surrendering and being open and seeing. It's a good place to be - the only place to be.
Sherilyn FennI think there's an anxiety in life where we automatically tend to look to the next thing or we're complaining about the past. Worrying is not going to make it happen or not happen
Sherilyn FennI don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes.
Sherilyn FennIt was just this sudden call like it was an emergency. "Quick! You have to go do this... because it's Friends!" I was just, "Oh, my God, okay!"
Sherilyn FennTwin Peaks was special because it was so groundbreaking. In the early 90s it really changed television a lot. A bunch of weird shows, like Northern Exposure, came on after that.
Sherilyn FennFor me acting is pretending. It's illuminating my human struggle - trying to grow and have the courage to be filmed while figuring things out.
Sherilyn FennMy gift to my children would be from me to be as honest and true to myself as an artist, and put that out there to the best of my ability.
Sherilyn FennGenerally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.
Sherilyn FennMy mother's been married many, many times and grew up believing in love like that. It's remarkable.
Sherilyn FennThat was cool, getting to work with Ryan Gosling. I knew he was going to be a huge star after I saw him in that Showtime thing that he did when he was really young [The Believer]. I think the most fun thing about that was I'd never seen somebody that had so many questions about the specifics of everything: where you ate, how much you ate, how much you drank. He's very special.
Sherilyn FennI really loved Twin Peaks. When I saw the two-hour pilot, they screened it in the big theatre. I said, I don't know what is going to happen. I'm in this and I don't understand it. This is never going to sell. Who's going to watch this thing?
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