As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line. Glenn Close More Quotes by Glenn Close More Quotes From Glenn Close I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcement. Glenn Close enforcementviewslaw I also have always felt that television has a huge potential for the kinds of audiences that some films would never dream or ever be able to have. So that potential is very exciting to me. Glenn Close abledreamtelevision I'm fascinated by the First World War because it was supposed to be the war to end all wars, and it was the biggest conflagration that this particular planet had seen. There was a lot of talk about utopia and how it was possible, and then, because of these events that for one reason or another couldn't be stopped, the idea of utopia went out the window. Glenn Close eventswarideas I love Ron Howard, he's a wonderful director, incredibly prepared. But I have to criticize my performance in that movie. It all took place in one day. My character was having a bad day, so she's having a bad day throughout the whole movie. But this was a comedy, and I think I was too serious, too dense. Yes, I think that describes my failure there. Glenn Close bad-daycharacterthinking I have the belief that truly evil people, it's a genetic evil. I only have the experience of exploring the landscape of some of the characters I've played that people have labeled as evil; I don't think they're evil. Glenn Close evil-peoplecharacterthinking So I'm always inspired by my fellow actors. And that's kind of a constant for me. I have huge respect for our profession and our craft. And I seek in my work to create connections, first for me with the character and then the character with the other actors, and then ultimately, all of us together connecting with the audience in a way that sometimes is subliminal, even. Glenn Close connectionstogethercharacter There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth. Glenn Close wealthbigshouse When I hear that somebody's difficult, I think, Oh, I can't wait to work with them. Glenn Close difficultwaitingthinking When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood. Glenn Close upsetbehaviorblood It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do. Glenn Close strangekindlittles People think that the ocean is big enough to sustain anything we throw at it - its hard to get into your head that it's actually finite. Glenn Close oceanpeoplethinking When you learn how much bycatch comes from shrimp [and how destructive it is] - I'm not going to eat shrimp anymore. Glenn Close shrimpdestructive I'm not a natural ocean person. I married into a family of swimmers, and I've slowly been drawn into the sea. Glenn Close marriedoceansea I've found myself getting more and more cynical about what's happening to the planet - it makes me furious. Glenn Close cynicalplanetsfound I think there's something thrilling about going into a movie house and seeing everything on such a huge screen. I think we're in a culture now that is confronted with various sizes of screens, the biggest movie houses and then the smallest iPods. Glenn Close ipodshousethinking So I think things are going to get closer and closer to each other, because the screens will force that to happen. I think there are a lot of movies that people will only see on their computers or their iPods. Glenn Close ipodspeoplethinking As far as the difference for me between television and movies, I really thrill to the pace of television. As exhausting as it can be - there was actually one day when we never went to bed. Glenn Close thrilldifferencesone-day I left the studio at 5:30 in the morning. It's an incredible mind exercise. You have to, obviously, have stamina, but you really feel like you're kind of feeding your mind. It's a challenge of learning lines very fast and then you have to be lose enough to hopefully make good choices in a much shorter amount of time that it takes to film certain scenes. Glenn Close choicesexercisemorning And when you're with a great crew like we had, it becomes a thrilling, again, collaboration, which is to me one of the great aspects of the process that you go through. I find myself at this point in my career, getting potentially, incredibly bored if I stand around a lot, so that's why I really like the pace of television. Glenn Close collaborationboredcareers It's not good to be in a situation where people don't want to direct you or don't want to question something. Glenn Close situationwantpeople
