I have good genes. My father is Danish and my mother is Irish and Native American. They both have good skin. Virginia Madsen More Quotes by Virginia Madsen More Quotes From Virginia Madsen You cannot believe how hard it is to try and raise money for a film. I did it for six years and it was such a failure. Virginia Madsen trying believe years It's a roll of the dice when you're a first time director so I prefer to work with people that know more than I do, but that happens less and less as you get older. Virginia Madsen directors people firsts I've made more movies than anybody now. Virginia Madsen made Once your acting job is over, you just hope they have a good editor and they put together a good film. Virginia Madsen editors over-you jobs I tend to look for a great script. Virginia Madsen scripts looks I've spent the last few years just really actively pursuing comedy and that's something I always wanted to know how to do. Virginia Madsen comedy lasts years I was not a comic book reader, but my son is. My son wasn't really interested in reading books, which was hard for me because I love to read. It just didn't come naturally to my boy. So we kind of found comic books because they were fascinating to him. They were great stories. Virginia Madsen reading book son They were made up names in Dune that I didn't know how to pronounce, but I knew how I should sound because I was a sci-fi fan myself. I hadn't read the book, but I knew that I was the princess of the universe. I went in and sort of made her up, and David Lynch thought it matched and cast me. Virginia Madsen princess names book I want every movie to be like a big family and a great adventure. Virginia Madsen big-families want adventure Everything that I play as an actress is a different aspect of me. Virginia Madsen actresses different play I love when I get to play these characters that are bigger than life. There are roles in animation that I never get to do in real life - and it appeals to my ego as an actor to play the Queen of Everything. I admit it. Virginia Madsen queens real character It's almost like I get to be more theatrical when I work in voiceover. Virginia Madsen theatrical I am a proud mother - that's another reason I love doing any kind of animation. When my son was growing up, if he was watching something animated and I was in it, that was way cooler to him than seeing me in a movie. Virginia Madsen growing-up mother son If my son would only listen to my advice, he would lead a perfect life. I'll still be saying that to him when I'm 75. I like to imagine that I have the control, but he's a teenager, so that never really happens. Virginia Madsen teenager perfect son Marg Helgenberger and I were waitresses in the same restaurant in Evanston, Illinois. I'm happy to say that that restaurant has since been torn down. [...] We both had an audition for ABC soaps - different soaps, but we auditioned at the same time, and she got the part and went off to New York. Three years later, I went to L.A. So she was kind of an inspiration to me. And it makes sense that we will both be in Wonder Woman together, because we ARE Wonder Women. Virginia Madsen illinois inspiration new-york I love Keri Russell. I watched every episode of Felicity, and Waitress is my favorite film from last year. She's just an amazing actress. And I like her voice a lot - it didn't surprise me that she would be doing voiceover work. Virginia Madsen like-her voice would-be Dune was really my first Hollywood job. It was such a small part, but I opened the movie. I was about 19 years old and I had to make this speech, and I didn't understand most of the words because they were, you know, words from Dune. Virginia Madsen hollywood jobs years When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that. Virginia Madsen Men, we don't need you to be a knight in shining armor. We just need you to be a little bit brave, just a little bit. And some of them are, and that's what he does. Virginia Madsen need you brave men I hope Britney doesn't get bummed out that Lindsey is a better singer. It is not Lindsey saying it, it's me. Lindsey would never say that. She's an actress first. It's just a bonus that she can dance and sing. Virginia Madsen better me dance hope
