I used to watch dailies and felt I had to keep on top of the character, but I don't feel that any more. Dianne Wiest More Quotes by Dianne Wiest More Quotes From Dianne Wiest The formula is the star. I couldn't work inside that formula. Dianne Wiest formula inside star work You are at the mercies of the dailies. With an indie you don't have that. Dianne Wiest mercies indie you I've never really felt at home in L.A. I've only been here to work, and then I immediately go back to New York. Dianne Wiest new never work home Don't think I'm always nice. I know that's how I've been cast... If they want me to be mean, I can step up to the plate more easily than I would like to admit, as my children will tell you. Dianne Wiest step me you children I got a few laughs and decided I was going to act. Dianne Wiest laughs act going got After the war, my father, Bernard, left the Army Air Forces to fly for Trans World Airlines. But after I was born, he retired from commercial flying to be with my mother, Anne, and me. I was born in Kansas City, Mo., but we left when I was 6 months old. Dianne Wiest me mother war father At West Point, we first lived in Central Apartments in a third-floor walk-up next to the hospital where my father worked. My two younger brothers and I shared one big bedroom, and my parents had a tiny one. Dianne Wiest hospital parents bedroom father When I was 8, I began to study ballet. In seventh grade, my mother took me into New York to study at the School of American Ballet. I loved ballet - its precision, the escape from uncertainty, and the music. Dianne Wiest me music mother school