A biography for Michelle Williamshasn’t been written yet.
“I find that each job that I do, the thing that gets me there is when I'm not smarter than it, when I don't know instantly how that thing is made. Because if I do, then it's boring. Or it would be simple.”
“Whatever education I got was from experience and reading. But I also realize I wouldn't pass my friend's sixth-grade class.”
“I'm Norwegian.”
“The possibilities are endless for me - Broadway, TV, music and film.”
“For me, relationships are the real action movies. Bombs are exploding every day and the kitchen is Ground Zero.”
“And I think my daughter knows now that our life is split in two. Half of the year is spent with Mommy working and the other is spent with no work in sight.”
“I don't think things through very often - I don't project into the future about how a situation will turn out.”
“Every movie I make I find kind of excruciating. I get a lot back from it, but I feel like I'm kind of always working at the edge of my ability. I guess that's what I'm looking for when I go to work. I am trying to become the edge.”
“Even the simplest things, I'm guilty of making really bad decisions a lot of the time.”
“I experienced a lot of loss after his death. I lost my city because of all the paparazzi descending upon us. I actually lost my journal during that time, oddly enough. I literally couldn't hold on to anything.”
“Listen, I've always been very headstrong.”
“The idea that you can get everything you want in one person is destructive, and maybe when you accept that the number is closer to 50 or 60 or 70 percent, that's when you can start to make some progress in choosing the right person.”
“I'm not making any bets on the future.”
“I like to do weird things in the shower, like drink my coffee, brush my teeth and drink a smoothie. It's good time management.”
“Maybe it has something to do with turning 30. I don't feel as shy or nervous or self-conscious. I have more confidence that I can handle what life brings me. I don't feel scared to have an idea and express it.”
“One of the best things - and something I'm grateful for every time I walk onto a film set - is my six and a half years on Dawson's Creek and the experience it afforded me in how to get comfortable with the camera.”
“I don't know what 15-year-old doesn't have a desire to separate themselves from their parents and prove their independence.”
“I am a huge Leonard Cohen person.”
“I'm very conscious of the fact that when I'm working, my daughter is not with one of her parents.”
“Is there anything better than making a kid laugh?”