I didn’t want to be an actress when I was younger – not even when I was older, to tell you the truth. – Rene Russo
I’m not the kind of person that would step on people just to get where I wanted to be, but I have crossed moral boundaries when I’ve either been afraid or desperate. – Rene Russo
I never thought I could model, and I certainly never thought about acting. It’s just something that happened to me. – Rene Russo
I understand that there’s a certain energy in youth, no question, in terms of pursuing jobs. But there is wisdom in age. It’s too bad that the two can’t come together because I do think that people are dropped from what they’re really good at too soon. – Rene Russo
We all do things where we don’t care about other people. And we deal with it in whatever ways we can, denial or make excuses. – Rene Russo
I was inspecting eyeglass lenses for a while. And I worked as a concession girl in a movie theater. And I was ironing before that. I always had some kind of a job. And then I started modeling. – Rene Russo
I didn’t set out wanting to be an actress. That’s not what I did. I didn’t go to class striving to become an actress. I just basically – honestly, I didn’t have anything else going. – Rene Russo
Every day, every birthday candle I blow out, every penny I throw over my shoulder in a wishing well, every time my daughter says, ‘Let’s make a wish on a star,’ there’s one thing I wish for: wisdom. – Rene Russo
Oh, my gosh, I’ve never seen a film unless, you know, if I have to go and do ADR, loop-loop. But I don’t watch after. I’m too critical. – Rene Russo
I am self-conscious, and I’m aware of my body. But I struggle with America’s limited idea of what perfection is. – Rene Russo
I came out of a culture when there wasn’t tweeting and everyone with a camera in their hands. I didn’t grow up with it, so I’m not always thinking about it, but there have been times when I looked over, and I saw that someone was recording my conversation. – Rene Russo
