Annette Bening

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul. ↗

— Annette Bening

#about #acting #being #being famous #exploring

Yes, I know I've played these women, but I'm not really conniving at all. ↗

— Annette Bening

#know #played #really #these #women

And if there's anything movies can do in a way that I just love, and I love as an audience is, "Show me something I don't know about. Show me something I haven't seen." ↗

— Annette Bening

#anything #audience #haven #i #i love

By the time I was in high school, Roe v. Wade had passed, so that was also happening; girls were getting pregnant and getting abortions - and that happened in my school too. ↗

— Annette Bening

#by the time #getting #had #happened #happening

I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice. ↗

— Annette Bening

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I have perfected the art of putting my feet on my husband's lap during awards ceremonies so he can rub them. ↗

— Annette Bening

#awards #ceremonies #during #feet #husband

I knew I wanted children in my life. The acting was always in relation to it. Life at home is chaos. They're wonderful. They're such interesting human beings. I just love it. I'm lucky. ↗

— Annette Bening

#always #beings #chaos #children #home

I think we as celebrities have a lot more control. ↗

— Annette Bening

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My parents were very supportive. They went to every show. And they never told me not to do what I was doing. ↗

— Annette Bening

#every #i #me #never #parents

Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way! ↗

— Annette Bening

#honey #i #i am #middle-class #oh