If you think hitting 40 is liberating, wait until you hit 50; and I was surprised at how liberating it was. The anticipation of something is always much worse than the reality. Michelle Pfeiffer More Quotes by Michelle Pfeiffer More Quotes From Michelle Pfeiffer If I do a move I don't like, I don't want to get so upset with myself. Michelle Pfeiffer upset want moving I am basically very private, and I'm really nervous about doing publicity. Michelle Pfeiffer publicity nervous My father was very strict, but mostly I just didn't know how to behave on a date. Michelle Pfeiffer behave strict father I've always had a very extreme personality, which gets me into major trouble, I'm always all or nothing, and I don't know the world "balance." I'm desperately trying to learn it because I think as you get older it becomes very important. Michelle Pfeiffer balance personality thinking I guess I do a really good job at covering. Michelle Pfeiffer good-job covering jobs I'd been taking singing lessons and I had taken dance, because I loved to dance, but I had never considered myself a professional at all. Michelle Pfeiffer singing lessons taken I've worked with very few actors who have been at all difficult. Michelle Pfeiffer difficult has-beens actors Maybe I haven't done enough movies, but haven't found that men are more difficult than women. Michelle Pfeiffer done enough men Men do not take to vanity, because they are taught at an early age that it is wrong to be vain. Michelle Pfeiffer vanity age men Every time I set up an interview, I say, "That's it, this is my last one. I'll do this because I committed to doing it, but I'm never doing another one." Michelle Pfeiffer interviews lasts committed I've been working since I was 14, and my father, being very conservative, has always been strict about my having a savings account. Michelle Pfeiffer conservative saving father Acting is kind of brutal. Michelle Pfeiffer brutal acting kind You know what I'd like to do? I'd like to play a bag lady. Michelle Pfeiffer bags knows play I'm always amazed at how consistent people find me and my behavior, when in fact I do feel different all the time. Michelle Pfeiffer different facts people People who are rude to waiters... I don't like that sort of thing. People who take cuts in line... it doesn't fly! Michelle Pfeiffer rude cutting people I would speak up if I see someone being rude to someone. Michelle Pfeiffer being-rude rude speak Rudeness is what gets to me [when someone being rude to me in a supermarket]. Yeah. That one does get to me, I have to say. Michelle Pfeiffer rudeness yeah doe I liked getting up at 4 in the morning, driving on the freeway, and going in and stocking shelves and laughing with the stock clerks. Michelle Pfeiffer clerks morning laughing I used to stay up very late at night, much later than I probably should have for such a youngster, and I used to watch very old black-and-white movies with, you know, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, but I remember watching them thinking 'I could do that'... Even though I wasn't inclined at all to actually become an actress. I mean, that wasn't something that was... in the stars for me, no pun intended. Michelle Pfeiffer black-and-white stars mean It's harder to live the way I live. There are certain places I like to shop and eat where I simply don't go. The paparazzi follow you. Michelle Pfeiffer paparazzi certain way
