That’s a really good question – what is it like living with a writer? I guess it depends on the writer. You know what? They live in a fantasy world a lot of the time. My husband lives in a fantasy world. – Rene Russo
I do love acting the two seconds that you are in front of the camera – and this is going to sound like I’m complaining, and I don’t want that because I’m blessed to even have a job – but there is a lot of down-time when you’re just sitting in your trailer. – Rene Russo
I don’t love getting up at the crack of dawn and having makeup put on my face for three hours – like, I really don’t like it – and then having a part that’s just not that challenging. – Rene Russo
He was an amazing – John McTiernan really was an incredible director, probably the best I’ve worked with because he constantly busted me when he wasn’t getting what he wanted. – Rene Russo
I had to fend for myself from the time I was 17 years old. I was a high-school dropout. I wasn’t quite living on the streets, but I didn’t have a lot of hope. – Rene Russo
For me, when I did ‘Thor,’ they changed my lines at the last minute, and then I had to speak with an English accent – and it was horrifying. I was in front of a crew of 250 people on my first day – never happened to me before. – Rene Russo
Unfortunately, I think depression and anxiety are really hard to live with. And what people don’t need is to feel bad about themselves because they decide to go on medication. – Rene Russo
I grew up in Burbank – but not the Burbank of valet parking and TV studios. In the late 1950s, there was a small apartment complex on Elmwood Avenue that rented mostly to families on welfare. I lived there from age 3 to 11 and again from 14 to 18 with my mother, Shirley, and my younger sister, Toni. – Rene Russo
My mom worked for Lockheed Corp. in Burbank as an inspector of airplane parts. To help make ends meet, Dee, a friend of my mom’s from Lockheed, moved in. She was a lovely person and helped with our care for many years. – Rene Russo
I’m so proud of myself. I thought, ‘I’ve got to learn about American history.’ I literally took two months off and watched every documentary known to man. I really didn’t know Benjamin Franklin was so cool. – Rene Russo
I have nothing against younger women and older men on screen. What is sad is that so many women over 40 who have so much to give aren’t being considered to play opposite men their own age or younger. – Rene Russo
I think early in my career, I didn’t choose films that were crappy films, necessarily, but I didn’t go out and campaign for smaller, better roles. – Rene Russo
In June 1972, I went with friends to see the Rolling Stones at the Los Angeles Forum. After the concert, as we crossed through the parking lot, a guy in a brown Mercedes stopped in the middle of the street and got out. He came up to me and asked if I had ever modeled. – Rene Russo
I didn’t know who Avedon was. I was 18 years old. I dropped out of high school in the 10th grade. I had no idea. – Rene Russo
I can say that when you model,when you get to a certain age, that’s it for you. I remember there was a time where I was like, ‘What am I going to do with my life?’ I am a high school dropout who’s only modeled. So there was desperation with that. – Rene Russo
By high school, I was already tall – 5-foot-8 – and one day I made the mistake of wearing green tights. The football players all started calling me the Jolly Green Giant. – Rene Russo
