Quotes By Robin Wright Penn

It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that.

I could not understand why Meryl Streep, for example, is allowed to work while pregnant and I'm not.

Unless you're a star in this town, you're really nothing.

My favorite designers are Levi Strauss and Fruit of the Loom.

I just love getting dirty.

When I had money in the past, I would always travel rather than spend it on big apartments or cars. And I still feel exactly the same way.

Sean's a great, great writer.

After every movie, I always kick myself for the same things-didn't do enough, not enough variation, not enough interesting choices, too bland.

I am not successful, in terms of Hollywood.

No nude scenes. No sex-symbol parts. I want people to recognize me for my work, not just for being pretty.

I like movies that make you think.

Sometimes I think they should set up an asylum for people like that... a whole slew of paparazzi defending their positions.

I used to ask Sean questions about acting. He's a brilliant actor, but I could never digest his information. I work primarily on an intuitive level.

I would have made a lousy stripper. I'm just not very comfortable exposing myself.

I have always been a good mimic.

Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it.

I've always wanted to be able to let myself go over the edge.

Most of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, watermelons, crickets, and my brother teasing me.

I turned down a lot of things that were so-called commercial. You're coming out of one film, and then they want you to be in the same one.

Even the busboys at the restaurants have a script to give you. Everybody is in the business.

Sean's movies are provocative and challenging without being slick.

We really enjoy entertaining our children with characters. We'll act out all of The Wizard of Oz together.

It makes me believe in fate. In most cases, the readings where I've been really bad have usually been the ones where I got the part.

I have such a little face.

I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail.

If you're happy, if you're feeling good, then nothing else matters.

My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised.

Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And he's so unhappy when he's acting.

If you get enough sleep, cut back on cigarettes and red meat, you look better the next day.

Everyone has the answers.