Michelle Pfeiffer

“I worked so hard for so long - I did a lot of movies. I also worked a lot when my kids were smaller, before they were in school.”

“My kids would probably say that I'm too strict. They probably would say that, and I try not to be, but I'm probably more on the conservative end of that. At the same time, I know full well that ultimately I don't really have control over them.”

“There is no question that the older you get, the fewer good roles there are.”

“Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself.”

“I've never met a person who has more integrity than my husband. I respect that. There's his humor and intelligence, too, and he's really cute, all those things - but if you don't respect your partner, you'll get sick of him.”

“There's always an imbalance with actors and actresses in the industry. And I think because there are just fewer movies overall being made, it's that trickle down effect.”

“I guess I sort of just feel like I am lucky.”

“I do portraits. I usually do live models in a class environment, but I've been painting at home more. I really love the human form, and I love faces. I've tried to do landscapes a few times.”

“I've been painting off and on since I was in sixth grade. I don't paint when I'm acting - I'm not really able to split my focus that way. I do it intensely when I'm doing it, but I'm reluctant to take myself too seriously as a painter because that would mean there would be pressure to be better than I am.”

“It takes years for me to trust; I know that about myself. A lot of it is because I am so private, and so reluctant to make myself vulnerable.”

“When I wasn't working I didn't know what to do with myself and sort of didn't exist, in a way, when I wasn't working, so I was like two different people. I am not like that anymore.”

“I do find comedy difficult. I don't know why. Maybe I think about it too much. There's a tremendous amount of pressure to be funny.”

“I'm a Taurus. To the bone.”

“I said, going into acting, 'I'm never moving to L.A.,' because it scared me. But there was no way you could build an acting career in Orange County.”

“When I was very young I never thought I was attractive, because I was a tomboy and I was always the biggest girl in the class.”

“You know, the more you can meet people from different walks of life, the better it is for you. I think the more you can create situations and experiences that give you new perspective, the better.”

“Just standing around looking beautiful is so boring.”

“Somewhere along the line I made the switch and was able to look at the bight side rather than the dark side all the time. Now I look at everything I have and think how lucky I am.”

“The value of a good education has never left me.”

“It's harder to live the way I live. There are certain places I like to shop and eat where I simply don't go. The paparazzi follow you.”