Quotes By Kelly Lynch

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

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

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

My idols are all older.

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

You learn your text and have it in the back of your head, without a thought as to how you're going to say it.

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

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

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

I do come shackled with whatever people think I am.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

You look at Gone With the Wind, how right Vivian Leigh was for that. Don't know if that would happen today.

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.

The worst thing would be for them to find out who I really am, because that's where I hide.

If it's independent, it's because I love it... 'cause they usually end up costing me money to do.

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

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

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

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

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

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