What happens between action and cut for me is a blur, I go almost into a whiteout, and then I see the film and I'm like, "Oh that's what I did? Cool!" Diane Lane More Quotes by Diane Lane More Quotes From Diane Lane I try not to be overly analytical. Diane Lane trying I'm not a bad parent and partner, even if I make a thousand mistakes. Diane Lane partners parent mistake Sometimes I think opposable thumbs were invented so teenage girls could use text messaging. Diane Lane teenage girl thinking My roles are in some way like children to me. You don't ever really want to scrape one off your shoe. Diane Lane shoes roles children When I was growing up in New York City, my father was a taxi driver for a time. Diane Lane growing-up new-york father Catholics have guilt and Jews have guilt, fine. But mothers can trump them all. Diane Lane mothers-day catholic inspiring I think I'd be in an entirely different business if it were easy. Diane Lane different easy thinking If people knew what made hits they'd make more of them, so to have the illusion of control over one's career isn't something I can even pretend to have. Diane Lane illusion-of-control careers people I don't know what it is, exactly, but there's a negative drag on film sets after the second week or so, a mutinous vibe because the infinite capacities of the directors and everybody else become quite finite and everybody's under the gun and it becomes work. Diane Lane gun directors negative So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done. Diane Lane shoes boots trying 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 prove desire world I grew up loving horses. I was relatively obsessed, starting with my rocking horse at age 2, all the way through my painting and drawing phase. Diane Lane horse drawing age I don't want to live in a bubble, in my craft or in the world... I can't, I would be cheating myself out of my generation and the world we live in. Diane Lane generations would-be cheating For me, going away to work is the hardest part of my life and career. Diane Lane hardest going-away careers I have just enough attention to feel glamorous and important. Diane Lane important enough attention Americans are like Pac Man. We just eat our way through the day. There's always something going into the mouth. Diane Lane mouths men way Well, I didn't really admit that I anywhere until my daughter started school and I knew I couldn't pull up and leave when I felt like it. Diane Lane daughter mother school For me, I don't even like to promote my films but I have to because it's in the fine print of my contract. Diane Lane fine contracts film When I really young yet feeling very old, I offered up a lot of myself to the press; I knew it was good copy. Diane Lane copies young feelings You can't get work without working. Diane Lane
