Quotes By Robin Wright Penn

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

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

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.

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

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.

I have such a little face.

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.

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

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.

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

Everyone has the answers.

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.

I'd rather attempt something I'm not sure I can do.

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.

Is that romantic fantasy real? Um, after kids, no. Take the kids away, I don't know. Depends.

It's just poetry, beauty and love. How hard can that be to act?

I like the whole package to be good, It's a rarity that that happens, so I end up not working a lot.

I was technically a Valley Girl, even though I absolutely dreaded being called that. I really hated the idea that I was a Valley Girl.

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

I just love getting dirty.

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.

I am not successful, in terms of Hollywood.

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

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

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.