I have walked away from enormous amounts of money and I have made that life I have wanted somewhat in this business. I love doing independent film, I love doing theater, I love doing studio films, and I do all three now. Patricia Clarkson More Quotes by Patricia Clarkson More Quotes From Patricia Clarkson I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines. Patricia Clarkson lines roles thinking I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor. Patricia Clarkson distance would-be thinking And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me. Patricia Clarkson agents smart beautiful But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds. Patricia Clarkson nice odds successful I really haven't joined the 20th or the 21st century yet. Someday. I'm getting closer. I have voicemail and a fax machine. Patricia Clarkson 21st-century someday I will say from the outset, I think if you're great, you're great from the very beginning. And because I do think it is innate and I do think it is a gift you just have, and I don't think you can - you can hone the skills of a director, but sadly, I do think that you are born a great director. I think it's just in you and it's something that is deep in you. But, I find it can be difficult working with first-time directors, but it's also moving. Patricia Clarkson difficult moving thinking In 8th grade I started doing theatre and I remember it was as though I had taken a trip to a foreign land that I had never seen before yet felt completely at home. I remember feeling a genuine wave of happiness and of feeling complete. Patricia Clarkson taken home feelings I like to think of myself as a free spirit. I've never married. I'm not conventional in that way. But I do like romance. I've been fortunate enough that I've had great love, and I've dated remarkable men in my life. I'm very thankful for all of that. Patricia Clarkson great-love men thinking I have stunning friends. I value my friendships as I value my family. Patricia Clarkson stunning my-friendship my-family Even though I'm a free spirit, I like to keep my friends and my lovers separate. I have extraordinary friends, but I don't want to see them naked. Patricia Clarkson free-spirit naked want That's the hardest part of acting: when it is ultra-personal, when it is deeply personal, and there's no lying involved. You can't fake it, you can't get by it. This is dealing with the most primal instincts and emotions that a mother can have. Patricia Clarkson fake mother lying We have beautiful showrunners, Frank [Pugliese] and Melissa [Gibson], and they killed themselves to rethink the whole show. Patricia Clarkson entertainment We have beautiful showrunners, Frank [Pugliese] and Melissa [Gibson], and they killed themselves to rethink the whole show, it’s only eight episodes. …I think it’s going to be a stunning, stunning new season and I’m thankful for it. Patricia Clarkson latest-headlines Robin led all of this charge so that people would save their livelihoods, because when the show goes away, some people don’t get paid. Patricia Clarkson latest-headlines Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever. Patricia Clarkson doing great forever work Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University. Patricia Clarkson graduate did well university I just have a thing for writers. Maybe it because I'm just so not a writer. Patricia Clarkson maybe thing because just It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job. Patricia Clarkson never job easy dark You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead. Patricia Clarkson never you always romantic And now oddly I'm getting sexier parts than I've ever gotten. Patricia Clarkson ever than getting now
