I've always had this unresolved desire to prove that I could get a Ph.D., or contribute something else to the world. Diane Lane More Quotes by Diane Lane More Quotes From Diane Lane I can tell you that, you know, when I went to my first movie premiere, it was my own movie, and I wore the best jeans I had and my favorite top. You know, I made sure my hair had some wave in it because I braided it the night before myself. Diane Lane jeans hair night Every film is its own experience, its own planet, its own family. It seems infinite when you're working on it, and then it's suddenly very finite, and it's done. Diane Lane film infinite done Because I tend to kind of hide under the sheets when it comes to reality television. I've seen probably one episode of maybe five different shows, and that's about it. Diane Lane different reality television You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you. Diane Lane apples cat dog I've found there to be a tremendous amount of East Coast snobbery in the journalism world. Diane Lane east journalism world You can only be a virgin once. There can only be one first time. Diane Lane virgins first-time firsts You see the movie with the music and the editing and all the parts that you weren't there for when it was being filmed, and you really appreciate all the names that are scrolling by. You realize that you accomplished so much. Diane Lane appreciate names editing I don't lie. I would never stuff my bra because it's going to come off and the truth is going to be revealed. I don't like that padding. I try to be completely - if not brutally - honest. Diane Lane stuff trying lying That's why they call it work, because it's not what you'd prefer to do with your free time. Diane Lane free-time All the lessons are in nature. You look at the way rocks are formed - the wind and the water hitting them, shaping them, making them what they are. Things take time, you know? Diane Lane you nature time water A lot can change in the editing room. Diane Lane editing-room room change editing You are the age of your spine. You are as flexible as your spine. That transfers to other areas of your life. Diane Lane your you age life What women represent to the male is, historically, a big burden. It's a lovely dream, but it's the stuff of literature, art, and everything. Living up to what the male psyche projects onto the female is the stuff of books. You'd need a lot more than an interview to go into it! Diane Lane you women dream art When you're a young child, you pick a totem animal, and you just identify with it to the point of wishing you were that animal. Diane Lane child you young animal Self-respect is a commodity worth cleaving to. Diane Lane self-respect worth commodity Love is saying you're sorry. It's the opposite of those cherub posters that say, 'Love is never having to say you're sorry.' Wrong! Love is three sorrys a day. If you haven't met that quota, something's wrong. Diane Lane day you love-is love The stage always terrified me. The live audience is just one thing I bewilderingly look back on and say, 'How did I ever participate in that?' Diane Lane live back look me My relationship with aging is cozy. I'm not trying to play 29 and holding on with white knuckles, you know? Diane Lane know you white relationship I'm done saying 'I'm sorry I wasn't who you needed or wanted me to be' to everybody in my life. Diane Lane my-life me you life I've got a lot of mileage, and I love my mileage. I wouldn't trade a mile of that for a minute of being younger. Diane Lane minute being trade love