Glenn Close

“What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation about illnesses that affect not only individuals, but their families as well.”

“Bunny boiler is now part of our language, and I'm proud of that.”

“Celebrity is death - celebrity - that's the worst thing that can happen to an actor.”

“I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people.”

“I've been sacrificing my life for my work for 30 years, and now I want it the other way around. I want to find work that fits into my life and that would be based here.”

“I think there are certain actors that have that kind of energy about them, that taking over a room energy.”

“When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.”

“I'm an actor, that's my contribution.”

“Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.”

“Love makes no sense at all. But it's the most powerful and amazing force in the entire universe.”

“I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they're trying to play, so all this temperament comes out.”

“We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.”

“I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work.”

“As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.”

“There's something about a catharsis that is very important.”

“It's gotten out of control. It's taking bigger and bigger names to make smaller and smaller films. I worry that important films without a big name attached won't get made at all.”

“It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.”

“I don't think the tabloids find me very interesting.”

“I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star.”

“I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming I watched the movie. I thought it was very dated.”