Illeana Douglas Quotes

In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting.

I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies.

Women don't want to be listened to. They only want to be agreed with

I wore a lot of vintage clothing. I dressed like a reporter, with a little card in my hat. I had these fantasies of who I wanted to be, so I'd dress like an explorer, a cowboy. I dressed up like Elton John a lot too. That was another period.

I come from a pretty strange family.

When we were doing a scene, lots of times we would collapse giggling, because it seemed so silly because it felt like we were doing a home movie at times.

I like the idea of capturing people who aren't there to save the world.

I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action.

I always wanted to get into the horror genre. I like scary movies. I want to go to the fan shows and sign posters with my head hanging by a thread like a B-movie actress.

I loved the idea of the Nerd as Hero, which Ghost World also had.

God only knows what else is on the web about me.

There's too much insecurity on studio sets, with all the people standing around, whispering.

I enjoy doing independent films more, only because there's more freedom. There's not as many cooks tampering with what you are trying to do.

We were big Saturday Night Live and Eddie Murphy fans.

The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.

I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.

I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.

I know in this day and age, when you meet men, they often want to be boys. They dress like boys. And it's very confusing. I can't offer any solution except to make a movie about it.

When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.

It's nice to see a movie where people are actually succeeding.