Robin Wright Quotes

I've always wanted to be able to let myself go over the edge.

Most of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, watermelons, crickets, and my brother teasing me.

For actors in Hollywood, it's very straightforward. We're well-paid animals in a zoo.

I think I've always been a follow-the-leader with my career, or maybe waiting for things to happen. Now I'm like, I'm OK-I know the direction, whoever's on board can go with me.

It's just never been in my nature to go out there and go on a red carpet to say, 'Oh, publicize me!'

I just love getting dirty.

I always wanted to get out of L.A., but time passes, and you find excuses to stay.

It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that.

I can't imagine going back to long hair. Cutting it was the greatest thing I ever did.

Now that my kids are out of the house, I'm finally able to get to the classics I never read: Emily Bronte, Dylan Thomas, Joseph Heller's 'Catch-22.' It's endless. They're all in this gigantic pile next to my bed.

I'm not a practice religion freak. I didn't grow up in a religious family, but I have a faith.

Famous is celebrityism, and I don't want that ... I know that I'm not that. Everybody knows who you are. I can't imagine living that life, but I don't think I consider myself famous.

You couldn't pay me enough money to go back to being 20. So many tears; what a nightmare it was. It's much better being older.

I could not understand why Meryl Streep, for example, is allowed to work while pregnant and I'm not.

It's just poetry, beauty and love. How hard can that be to act?

I secretly want to skydive, even though it's my greatest fear!

I think the inception of my interest in arts was when I was around 9 or 10 and I started dancing. I was really convinced that I was going to go to New York and be onstage in 'A Chorus Line.'

Entertainment and escapism - those are the bigger money-making films today.

That character called 'Robin Wright' in the movie called 'The Congress' has nothing to do with me ... I've never felt that way about life choices, career, etc.

You never accomplish everything you want to accomplish.

I'm not in the business of talking about what 'isn't.'

I know what I don't want.

I was technically a Valley Girl, even though I absolutely dreaded being called that. I really hated the idea that I was a Valley Girl.

I like the whole package to be good, It's a rarity that that happens, so I end up not working a lot.

Even the busboys at the restaurants have a script to give you. Everybody is in the business.

If you're happy, if you're feeling good, then nothing else matters.

I'm not up there with Kate Winslet and Julia Roberts. I don't sell tickets. I've known that for a long time.

All marriages have their phases.

I met an agent through my modeling agency who encouraged me to go out and audition for sitcoms, and I was absolutely petrified because I had no desire to do it.

Learning what you don't want is how you know what you do want.

Dark chocolate-covered blueberries are my favorite sweet.

It took me a long time to grow up.

If you're the head of a business, there's a protocol that people have to follow.

If there's nothing for me to do as an actress, then that's frustrating. I'd rather go work at a menial labour job, where I can actually get my hands dirty.

We really enjoy entertaining our children with characters. We'll act out all of The Wizard of Oz together.

My favorite designers are Levi Strauss and Fruit of the Loom.

Is that romantic fantasy real? Um, after kids, no. Take the kids away, I don't know. Depends.

You're never going to be able to delve into the character traits of a Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton.

I'm ready to do a Woody Allen comedy.

I didn't want to commit to a TV show.

I loved Europe so much.

I tell you, being on a soap is the hardest work, and it gets so old. Get on your mark, get in the light, don't turn too far upstage - that's all it is.

I'd rather do 'She's So Lovely' that John Cassavetes wrote versus doing 'Batman.'

I used to ask Sean questions about acting. He's a brilliant actor, but I could never digest his information. I work primarily on an intuitive level.

No nude scenes. No sex-symbol parts. I want people to recognize me for my work, not just for being pretty.

I'd rather attempt something I'm not sure I can do.

I can't imagine having long hair anymore; it's weird.

I'm a hedonist when it comes to culinary delights.

Electronics companies are purchasing the minerals that come out of the Eastern Congo, and they are illicit; they're dirty.

I wish I were stronger in areas. Not so consumed or distracted.

Everyone has the answers.

The best part of shooting 'House of Cards' in Baltimore is eating lots of soft-shell crab.

Just lying in my big bed with Frette sheets. Oh my god, there's nothing better.

With 'House of Cards,' you really get the heart and the meat of drama - and it's a thriller!

I like movies that make you think.

If you get enough sleep, cut back on cigarettes and red meat, you look better the next day.

I'm the homemaker, and that's fine with me because I really like that.

I've always been a T-shirt, Levi's, leather jacket, and combat boots kind of girl.

My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised.

I turned down a lot of things that were so-called commercial. You're coming out of one film, and then they want you to be in the same one.

Unless you're a star in this town, you're really nothing.

The seasoned woman is going to offer a more seasoned character.

I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail.

I can't stop moving. I'm like this weird insect. I can't sit still in real life.

I am not successful, in terms of Hollywood.

Sometimes I think they should set up an asylum for people like that ... a whole slew of paparazzi defending their positions.

I honestly don't want to act anymore.

The word 'demand' is a tricky word when used by our gender. When used by men, it's part of their vernacular.

It makes me believe in fate. In most cases, the readings where I've been really bad have usually been the ones where I got the part.

I just pray I can keep working. I just pray I grow old gracefully.

I think I've always been waiting for things to happen.

I'm really trying to be in the now - that's so spiritual and stuff. It's just so much more pleasant and sane.

Running gets everything done, doesn't it? Covers it all.

I always loved to dance and move. I probably should have been a mime or something like that.

I hate everything I do. I hate my voice. I sound like a guy.

When I had money in the past, I would always travel rather than spend it on big apartments or cars. And I still feel exactly the same way.

Everybody f-king does it. I suppose I can't say 'everybody' because I don't know for sure, but come on ... It's just the tiniest sprinkle of Botox twice a year. I think most women do 10 units, but that freezes the face and you can't move it. This is just one unit, and it's just sprinkled here and there to take the edge off ... Perhaps it's not wise to put that in a magazine? But I ain't hiding anything.