Yes, I can do the cherry stem trick. All girls in my high school could do it. Sherilyn Fenn More Quotes by Sherilyn Fenn More Quotes From Sherilyn Fenn There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don't worry or agonize about the outcome Sherilyn Fenn outcomesworryway People who think they know me would be surprised that my whole life doesn't revolve around sex. Sherilyn Fenn sexpeoplethinking I was told once that I didn't play the Hollywood game, and that's why I wasn't a big star. What they meant when was that I don't go to parties, and when I go to an audition and I don't like the script, they know it Sherilyn Fenn partystarsgames I said, "Oh well, I'll act." I started to study, but I didn't know what I was doing, and I don't know that I was taking it very seriously then. Sherilyn Fenn oh-wellstudysaid I'm in a space of surrendering and being open and seeing. It's a good place to be - the only place to be. Sherilyn Fenn good-placeseeingspace Even if your work touches one person, that's an amazing gift. Sherilyn Fenn personsifs I loved working on Of Mice and Men. It was a wonderful group of people. John Malkovich is to me one of the best actors around right now-and a lot of fun to work with. Sherilyn Fenn funmenpeople If you're a young woman in Hollywood, then they want you to look a certain way and paint you in this and that. To this day, it's hard to find people like us, who want to kind of find deep truths, not just skirt above the top of it. Sherilyn Fenn hollywoodpeoplelooks Boxing Helena was something that I think was pretty cool, but people judged it without even having seen it. It's not perfect, but I think for the story that we were trying to tell, it turned out pretty good. What it signified was really powerful to me: how society puts us in boxes one way or another. Sherilyn Fenn powerfulpeoplethinking I really loved Twin Peaks. When I saw the two-hour pilot, they screened it in the big theatre. I said, I don't know what is going to happen. I'm in this and I don't understand it. This is never going to sell. Who's going to watch this thing? Sherilyn Fenn theatrewatchestwo They've offered me every variation on Audrey Horne, none of which were as good or as much fun. Sherilyn Fenn audreyvariationfun I got Twin Peaks, and the part was basically written for me, which was a really big shock. I think everything really changed with the right teacher coming together, but before that I worked with Sondra Seacat; she's amazing and very spiritual, but I hadn't worked with her on specific roles. I just was in classes with her. Sherilyn Fenn spiritualteacherthinking I love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have that in me to do it, the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. If there's a lot of people on a set, I get nervous. So music just wasn't something I ever seriously considered. Sherilyn Fenn performingdesirepeople My mother's been married many, many times and grew up believing in love like that. It's remarkable. Sherilyn Fenn marriedmotherbelieve It's not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic. Sherilyn Fenn magiclooksthinking That was cool, getting to work with Ryan Gosling. I knew he was going to be a huge star after I saw him in that Showtime thing that he did when he was really young [The Believer]. I think the most fun thing about that was I'd never seen somebody that had so many questions about the specifics of everything: where you ate, how much you ate, how much you drank. He's very special. Sherilyn Fenn starsfunthinking In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films because they seem to be the most challenging and unique Sherilyn Fenn independentuniqueperfect I see people giving me looks because I'm so opinionated. That hurts my feelings, but at the end of the day I have to live with me and respect myself. And I've done enough things in my life where I was confused and didn't respect myself that I will not do it any more. Sherilyn Fenn confusedhurtpeople Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project. Sherilyn Fenn hollywoodstoriesway I'm not big with an audience; I get very nervous. Sherilyn Fenn nervousaudiencebigs
