This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural. – Jessica Lange
I’ve worked with some teachers and coaches over the years, but I didn’t really study theater or technique or voice or any of that stuff extensively. – Jessica Lange
There’s something magical still about it when I get in a darkroom, and you’ve shot a roll of film and you develop it and you look at your negatives, and there’s, like, imagery there. That always stuns me. – Jessica Lange
For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home. – Jessica Lange
To work on the actual location I think is great. This thing of going to Canada and pretending you’re in New York, it’s terrible. – Jessica Lange
If you’re really in the process of photographing, you are absolutely aware. You are looking. – Jessica Lange
For me, acting was always a way to explore emotions – to dip into the well and really try to reach rock bottom down there. That was the most exciting part of it. I hadn’t found anything that really allowed me to do that until I came upon acting. – Jessica Lange
I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don’t think you can be an actor and not do it. There were moments when I thought, I’m just not going to be able to pull this off. – Jessica Lange
It comes down to something really simple: Can I visualize myself playing those scenes? If that happens, then I know that I will probably end up doing it. – Jessica Lange
The worst is when I talk myself into something. Sometimes you take things because you want to work with a certain actor, or you want to work with a director, even if the script or the part’s not that great. – Jessica Lange
I like playing characters who are out there on the edge, where they can explode at any moment or fall off the precipice. – Jessica Lange
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
I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That’s why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18. – Jessica Lange
The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children. – Jessica Lange
I could be making a lot more money now if I had chosen a different kind of movie, but none of that matters to me… I’ve done the parts I wanted to do. – Jessica Lange
In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on. – Jessica Lange
To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man’s leadership. – Jessica Lange
I regret those times when I’ve chosen the dark side. I’ve wasted enough time not being happy. – Jessica Lange
It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written. – Jessica Lange
Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes. – Jessica Lange
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
Allow the diversity to exist. There is nothing wrong with it. Hell, we put up with the religious right-we can put up with transgendered human beings. – Jessica Lange
