Lili Taylor Professions : Actress Born : February 20, 1967 Browse All Authors Top 23 quotes by Lili Taylor It's tricky to say 'never,' but I will never have plastic surgery. Lili Taylor plastic-surgery plastic tricky Doors of opportunity don't open, they unlock; it is up to you to turn the knob. Lili Taylor up-to-you opportunity doors It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by. Lili Taylor important want heart I haven't gotten stuck with something because I just keep going, and I keep doing different things. Lili Taylor stuck different havens Cannes is a very strange place. I tried to show up as best I could and to try not to be cynical. Lili Taylor strange-places cynical trying Being famous gives you a lot of illusions of false self, of self-importance, a grandiosity, it becomes difficult to stay humble and real. You see so many people who don't succeed. Lili Taylor real self humble You can rest a lot in an hour or have a whole day and not do it properly. One way I get a quality recharge is to connect with nature. To experience something that's bigger than me. Lili Taylor hours quality way I felt that the biological clock was some myth to keep me from doing what I wanted to do. And so I rebelled against it in the '90s. I thought it was a backlasher, some sort of faulty data. But it's real. I'm glad I woke up before my body was just like 'uh-uh. Lili Taylor data body real I tried to do the commercial thing. But I don't want to keep shoving Twinkies down everyone's throat. People are hungry for something of more substance. Lili Taylor substance want people I do believe there's good in all of us, even if it's layered over so thickly. Lili Taylor ifs believe I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it. Lili Taylor respect acting jobs To do work that's not going to be fulfilling doesn't make sense. Lili Taylor fulfilling make-sense I love Central Park. I spend a lot of time in there. I try and get in there whenever I can. Lili Taylor central-park parks trying Two things I'm trying to work on are openness and flexibility. Lili Taylor openness trying two If someone puts up $100 million on a movie, they're gonna be concerned about whether they'll get it back. So they're not gonna make a movie about three girls, you know? Lili Taylor concerned three girl There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I can't count the ways a director's vision is compromised. Lili Taylor awards vision decision I like to play smart, three-dimensional women. I also like to play roles where the women are a little crazy. I just have a feel for crazy people. Lili Taylor smart crazy play As a woman, a lot of stories haven't been told and we've got a lot of catching up to do. Lili Taylor catching-up catching stories I guess the characters I play may be at the more destructive edge of the spectrum, more damaged or whatever, but I find a lot of female roles uninteresting. Lili Taylor female play character When it's working, what acting is really about is getting into the essence of a moment in a creative, joyous way - through whatever frees you up. Lili Taylor acting creative essence Similar Authors Beatrice Lillie actress Adepero Oduye actress Adrienne Barbeau actress Bindu actress Alexandra Breckenridge actress Bojana Novakovic actress All Authors
