That is why it's so fun to make movies... you get to do lots of things you would never do in your normal life. Meg Tilly More Quotes by Meg Tilly More Quotes From Meg Tilly I didnt start really making changes in my life until I was actually in my mid-20s. And all of a sudden I was like, wait a minute. I was trying so hard to be what I thought I was supposed to be, instead of just allowing myself to be what I-what I was or what I am. Meg Tilly making-changes waiting trying I really enjoy acting. At home I can't even finish a sentence, and here I am reading these wonderful lines. I think it must be every housewife's dream, to be an actress part-time. Meg Tilly reading dream book If you meet people who have been successful in Hollywood, or look a their photographs, you see a haunted look in their eyes, you sense a trapped feeling. Meg Tilly eye successful people Acting's not my whole life. My children definitely come first. Meg Tilly acting children firsts There we times when everybody in the house has the flu. You're cleaning up vomit and it's 2 in the morning, and you're wishing there was somebody else there to help you. Meg Tilly wish house morning I didn't plan to act, but I'm glad I'm doing it - and I just want to keep getting better. Meg Tilly get-better plans want I think it is important to say that though, of course, it is wonderful to have children, it is a disservice to others not to also say how hard it is to do it alone. Meg Tilly important children thinking I wanted to write something from a child's viewpoint... Five of the characters I have played in movies have either been abused or became abusers, themselves, and I just kind of felt like there was a need. Meg Tilly movie writing children I'm not that fashion-conscious. A lot of times, when women are appearing to be so perfect, it's because they're a mess underneath. Meg Tilly fashion conscious perfect I still have a problem with nuns. I follow them around like a kitten with a ball of yarn. Meg Tilly yarn friends character It helps when 1 can send the children off to their fathers so I can support my new book with a national publicity tour. I started writing the book when my daughter was 5. It took me almost four years. Meg Tilly daughter mother children I wasn't really interested in doing television. I don't have that much ambition. My agent, Eileen Feldman, has all the ambition for me. Meg Tilly agents ambition television I limited myself to introduce a change in my way of thinking and the way I see things. When I look at my child, I do it in a different way then when Im contemplating a chair. They are different... the child is a living being, and the chair is an object. Meg Tilly change children thinking Horror movies can be very interesting because they can deal with intangible subjects that are full of emotion. Meg Tilly movie emotion interesting I paid more attention to the way I looked before my children were born. Afterward, it wasnt important to look exactly right. Meg Tilly important children looks I know that in order to be considered successful, youre supposed to do two or three movies a year. I only work once every year-and-a-half, sometimes two years. I have children to raise. Meg Tilly movie successful children I have nothing intelligent to say. Meg Tilly explanation intelligent Look, I know he's been married three times before. I accept it, but I don't want it driving up the driveway. Meg Tilly look know driving want I still have a problem with nuns. I follow them around like a kitten with a ball of yarn. After a while, all my characters become very close friends. Meg Tilly follow like friends problem If they have covered your face with latex, you have to control yourself mentally so you won't think. If you start thinking, you will succumb to panic. I had a bit of a cold, and frankly I didn't have a good time. Meg Tilly yourself good you time
