A biography for Patricia Arquettehasn’t been written yet.
“I've crafted a really weird career for myself.”
“Some people will stop a scene and demand a mirror and look at themselves and check which angles they're being photographed from. I don't do that.”
“Everyone should help women. Everyone has a vested interest.”
“I need space to grow and get old and be a human being. I don't want to be trapped in your ingenue bubble. And I don't agree with it either, by the way.”
“I didn't think of myself as beautiful, but, in retrospect, I guess I was.”
“There really is a lot of pressure on actresses to look a strange and unrealistic way. You're not supposed to age. You're supposed to be perpetually incredibly attractive because that's the way the movie world is.”
“I don't have a goal but I just want to work on movies that I really like.”
“For some people, when you walk into a room, what your fame means to them can be like pointing a weird gun at them. It triggers something. They might get really giggly or flirty or cold or confrontational.”
“In Hollywood, nobody knows how much everyone is making. It's all very hidden, and it's hard to change those things.”
“We never thought 'Boyhood' was ever gonna become Oscar-considered. Our shooting budget was $2.8m for 12 years. Altogether. I didn't know if anyone would see it or appreciate it.”