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This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#idea #me #opposed #selfishness #unnatural

I have been a waitress, and I was a damn fine waitress too, let me tell you. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#damn #fine #i #me #tell

If I didn't have children I'd be a much better actress. I wouldn't be so distracted. I could pour 100 percent of my energies into it, to promote the investigation which acting is. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#actress #better #children #could #distracted

Once I started on 'Frances' I discovered it was literally a bottomless well. It devastated me to maintain that for eighteen weeks, to be immersed in this state of rage for twelve to eighteen hours a day. It spilled all over, into other areas of my life. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#bottomless #day #devastated #discovered #eighteen

Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#editors #i #life #merchandise #merely

The only place I've felt was really my home is my cabin up north. There's something in the water there that connects me to that place. There's also this sense of isolation and loneliness about it that I've never been able to shake. ↗

— Jessica Lange

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To work with a director that has emotional commitment and passion toward the characters, and the piece, and the experiences, it only enriches your work. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#commitment #director #emotional #enriches #experiences

TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#age #decent #films #go #independent

I'm not someone who's endlessly patient and wonderful. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

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So when I was told to work, ten, twelve hours a day as an assistant pro, I didn't complain. It was normal. ↗

— Bernhard Langer

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