When I'm old I'm never going to say,I didn't do this or, I regret that. I'm going to say,I don't regret a damn thing. I came, I went, and I did it all. Kim Basinger More Quotes by Kim Basinger More Quotes From Kim Basinger There's a certain amount of empathy you need to have, and I've also never been one to call it in. I know some roles are easier for certain people, especially when there's the sequel and a third and a fourth one. Kim Basinger empathy people needs I'm very sensitive to energy and people and life and animals and a lot of things. Kim Basinger energy animal people I'm not too in love with the word ambition, but I was driven. Kim Basinger driven ambition I have to make a living, and I have been in a few films I wish I hadn't been in, but I don't know where things will lead me next, and that's exciting. Kim Basinger next film wish I've played a mother many times, even in tragic things like, "I Dreamed of Africa," so I know how it is to lose a child cinematically. I have so much compassion on so many fronts, for women who have lost children or tried for years and couldn't have them. Kim Basinger compassion mother children My dad was a musician, and that was his first love, and I think probably, to be really honest, it was my first love as well. Kim Basinger first-love dad thinking With some people, that love of music is just buried in them. It's so deep in them that they would play for free because they have to. Kim Basinger music-love play people I think my mother had a lot of opportunity when she was a kid. She was a model, and she did a lot of things in her life, but she had no real ambition. I think my mother really did want a home and kids and all of that. Kim Basinger real mother home I never really saw my dad as entertained as when he was just completely blown away by somebody on the television screen or at the movies. I think that's the real reason that I went into acting. Kim Basinger dad real thinking I was so shy at school that I hardly ever talked, so everybody thought I was kind of a hermit. Kim Basinger shy kind school My dad had even hired an accompanist to play for me on a piano. But he had never pushed me to music because I don't think he wanted me to be hurt as much as he was if it didn't work. Kim Basinger dad hurt thinking My dad worked very hard for the money he made, and my mom worked very hard to keep this household up and running and all the kids fed and everything. And she did it in a brilliant fashion. They both did. In fact, the work ethic, to me, is so important in this life. Kim Basinger fashion mom running If you look at this generation of selfies and selfies and selfies, it seems a little bit scary. I like to see a driven kid, somebody who wants to come from the ground up. Kim Basinger this-generation scary kids I just thank god that I didn't grow up with so much money or privilege because you had to create ways to make it happen. Kim Basinger growing-up thank-god way I didn't really like my birthday as a kid. My mother used to say, "Sometimes we'd have a birthday party and you would just wander off." But she said it was just my way in the world. It wasn't anything that I was truly interested in. Kim Basinger party mother kids A lot of actresses like to repeat things over - and I don't once I've been there and done that. I like to see what the next thing is that comes along. Kim Basinger actresses next done I can't be enticed by a big commercial film. Kim Basinger film bigs i-can I know that my in-box will be so full the day that I leave the planet. So you try to stay interested in life and bring some kind of comfort and pleasure to others on this planet as you're going through this journey. Kim Basinger journey comfort trying I look at marriage and I think marriage is phenomenal. I think it's great. I don't hold anything against marriage. Kim Basinger phenomenal looks thinking I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshell hanging over her has a rough road. Kim Basinger girl sex thinking
