There's something to be said for being given a tremendous amount of freedom as an actor. Rosemarie DeWitt More Quotes by Rosemarie DeWitt More Quotes From Rosemarie DeWitt I don't want to put a pause on the rest of my life; I'm really enjoying getting older and the wisdom that comes from that. Rosemarie DeWitt getting-olderenjoywant I like exploring both the light parts and the dark parts of a single person. And all of those shades tend to come out most acutely in stories about families. Rosemarie DeWitt lightstoriesdark Actors are always weird about acting with their spouse or their boyfriend or girlfriend, but more because they think audiences will find it boring. Rosemarie DeWitt girlfriendactingthinking I think Carl Jung said, you know, I'm gonna paraphrase it badly, but, so much of what we fall in love with in other people is a potential in us that's ready to be realized. We're projecting onto them this amazing thing, but really it's us, and we're very close to integrating it and claiming it. If we do claim it, then we can just love somebody for who they are with all their flaws, but if we don't take that projection back, then we keep wanting them to have that. Then you just realize we're all screwed, that's how it works. Rosemarie DeWitt falling-in-lovepeoplethinking For me, there are a lot of things you can imagine as an actor, and then there are things that you know in your bones and in your cells once they happen to you. Rosemarie DeWitt bonescellsactors There are the jobs you get that do something for your confidence, like "I can do this with my life" kind of thing. And then, there are the jobs that maybe bring a certain level of awareness about you as an actor where other people feel like they can hire you. Rosemarie DeWitt actorsjobspeople I think actors always have that fear of unemployment so when the opportunities are there, you just jump on them. Rosemarie DeWitt unemploymentopportunitythinking In real life, I don't fall in love with the guy who wines and dines me, I fall in love with the flaws and the humanity. When I see someone get embarrassed or when I see them wearing their heart on their sleeve, I want to see that in movies. I hate seeing the put-together people, and then it makes everyone think they're supposed to look like that. It's all a bunch of BS. Rosemarie DeWitt falling-in-lovehatereal I kind of moved out of the town I grew up in as quick as I could. I left right after high school. Rosemarie DeWitt townskindschool I know that every actor that I know, when Daniel Day-Lewis does a film, and he doesn't work that often, but we run to the theater to see what he's up to, and with such delicious excitement. The same goes for Meryl Streep. Rosemarie DeWitt actorsdoerunning I grew up in the suburbs. Rosemarie DeWitt suburbsgrewgrew-up I love the crazy sex and the awkward situations. Rosemarie DeWitt awkwardsituationcrazy I'm always studying something or trying to learn something, keep myself creatively occupied, because I think that energy can get kind of destructive if it doesn't have somewhere to go. Rosemarie DeWitt energytryingthinking I feel lucky to be an actor because you always learn something from each part you play. Rosemarie DeWitt luckyactorsplay And I think a lot of us have fantasies of going back to where we're from, or when we do go back we're so nostalgic about it. Rosemarie DeWitt nostalgicfantasythinking I remember being in high school and my mother would say, "What about such-and-such boy?" I'm like, "Oh mom, he's too nice," we don't like the nice boys when we're 16. I'd say, "He's not attractive," and she'd say "All young people are attractive." And they are, and I get that. Rosemarie DeWitt nicemommother In real life, I don't fall in love with the guy who wines and dines me, I fall in love with the flaws and the humanity. Rosemarie DeWitt falling-in-lovewinereal I read something about, "Why do actresses get plastic surgery," we like to look at pretty people, but I don't. I like to look at all faces, young, old. Rosemarie DeWitt plastic-surgerysurgerypeople I don't want to put a pause on the rest of my life; I'm really enjoying getting older and the wisdom that comes from that. If I think too much about what roles there will be, or what will be, then I get into trouble there. I just try to be grateful for jobs like Promised Land, that somebody wants me to play this role, or thinks that I could be Alice. The thought of, like, spending my time at the dermatologist's office is not for me. Rosemarie DeWitt gratefulofficethinking We typically make movies that are geared towards 18-year-olds. The people who pay and go to movies more than two or three times are usually under 22, so I get how it works. I don't really want 18-year-old boys to find me that attractive, that kind of would creep me out at this stage. Rosemarie DeWitt kindboyspeople
