I think women are used to stepping up and getting the job done when you need to. Ann Dowd More Quotes by Ann Dowd More Quotes From Ann Dowd The work for the actor is always the same. We're looking for a human being. We're looking for believable human behavior. Ann Dowd actors behavior humans The great thing about an independent film is that you're too busy working, and you're too busy hoping to God to get it done. Ann Dowd independent done busy When I was pregnant with my first child, I was 35 years old, and I was working in a pet shop. Ann Dowd first-child old child pet I was so grateful to win an Emmy, but just being nominated, it's not overrated! Ann Dowd just being win grateful Forgiveness, in some cases, is a flipping miracle in the sense that you're fighting, and suddenly something happens. It's a kind of grace. Whether you believe in God or not, something happens, and it's transformative. Ann Dowd you forgiveness god believe I have a family and children I adore and a husband who's wonderful. Ann Dowd family husband wonderful children I had been a premed student, and the way you got through premed was to work extremely hard and then harder. Ann Dowd student you work way The first 10 years of my education were spent at a Catholic school in Springfield, Mass. Ann Dowd first education years school I was the second oldest of seven children, and chores were a way of life for us. If your task wasn't completed, you were called right back to finish it. Ann Dowd you life children way My parents were strict but loving. Ann Dowd loving parents were strict My father, John, ran the Dowd Insurance Co. in town, which was started by his great-grandfather. My mother, Dolores, was a homemaker who kept an eye on all of us. Ann Dowd insurance eye mother father I remember, as a young Catholic girl in high school, seeing 'The Exorcist,' and it scared the wits out of me. Ann Dowd me girl remember school It's a funny thing about being raised Catholic and then going to Catholic schools with nuns - the cliche about the mean nun was not what I had at all. They were very, very smart, devoted individuals. Ann Dowd being smart funny mean Two of my aunts are Catholic sisters. Ann Dowd aunts sisters catholic two I look at all these wonderful actors who are out of work, and I don't know what accounts for my good fortune, but I'm grateful for it. Ann Dowd good look grateful work All I ever wanted was a successful career as an actress. Ann Dowd actress career successful wanted The day after Trump was elected, I happened to be home in New York. I went to bed for the day. Ann Dowd new day bed home The first time I read 'Leftovers,' I didn't get it at all. Ann Dowd first get first-time time When I think of those in the 'far right' or those who are pro-life to the extreme and at all costs protect the unborn, the thing that enrages me is you want to ask every one of them, 'How many foster children are in your home now?' Ann Dowd me you home children In general, between an actor and a character, there needs to be a falling in love, if you will - which I'm saying in quotes. Ann Dowd you falling-in-love love character