Mira Sorvino

“Once you've found something you know how to do, it makes you feel you don't have to be intimidated by someone.”

“The revelation is that when you lift the curtain, history is decided by a very small group of people, and their own interests guide their actions, not necessarily the laws or principles we think our country rides on.”

“I always do that for all of my characters. I built a music playlist for her... with songs she really likes.”

“I love music; I love dancing. I took, like, eight years of ballet when I was a kid, and I still love dancing. There's been a couple of films where I was able to do some dance numbers, like 'Romy and Michelle' and 'Summer of Sam,' and I'm so happy when I get to do that.”

“I had been looking for a New York apartment, but I said, Why not give LA a go?”

“Being a good mother is really so hard and so important, and it's this thing that all people long for. Think of all the soldiers who cry out for their mothers on the battlefield as they die. It's a primal relationship.”

“רציתי לעשות משהו רחוק מהבית האינטלקטואלי והפיזי שלי, אז נסעתי לגור בבייג'ינג במשך שמונה חודשים והתחלתי ללמוד מנדרינית.”

“יש לי מגוון די גדול של תחומי עניין. אני אוהבת אמנות; אני אוהב ללכת למוזיאונים. אני מתעסקת בציור, ולמרות שאני לא כל כך טובה בזה, אני נהנית מזה.”

“אני חושבת שזה קצת קשה למזג את האמנות שלך עם הפעילות האקטיביסטית, אבל כשהם משתלבים זה מצוין.”

“יש את האסתטיקה הזו של לשכוח את עצמך ולהתמסר לחלוטין לאמנות, ואנשים מנצלים את זה. אנשים תמיד ניצלו את זה.”

“אני תמיד רוצה שלדמות שלי יהיה עומק, לא משנה באיזה שלב בחיים או באיזה מצב היא נמצאת.”

“I always want my character to have dimension, no matter what phase of life or situation they find themselves in.”

“Acting is what happens on the way.”

“I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera.”

“I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role.”

“The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first.”

“When I was 5, my mother threw a party, and a friend and I wrote and performed a play called The Dutch Doll.”

“Being is like pretending.”

“I try not to judge my characters. If I'm looking at it from the outside, I'd say, 'No, she's not really a great mother.' But she wishes she were, and she wants to be, and she still has instincts toward protecting her son and wanting him to be a happy person.”

“It's the relationships between people that are more important than the sort of far away fantasies of what the good life is, the world of supermodels and Bud ads.”