Top 25 Faye Dunaway Quotes

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I often say the last role I played that really touched

I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.
Faye Dunaway
God bless McNally, it’s got some fantastic stuff in it, but it’s no easy task to make a movie out of.
Faye Dunaway
Since Star Wars, that film’s success led to bigger budgets, more hardware, that the great movies like the ones I did, which were studio movies, are now independent movies. They range from half a million to several million, and a lot of those have very interesting roles.
Faye Dunaway
The minute you start believing your own success, you’re on the road to ruin.
Faye Dunaway
It’s true, I did a lot of great movies, and I’m happy. It was what it was, and now I think all of that has fed into where I am now, and I think it has taught me a lot.
Faye Dunaway
I’m a loner. I kind of like to be alone and do my work and, you know, be focused on my own things.
Faye Dunaway
I’ve been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
Faye Dunaway
I didn’t think my face was beautiful. I guess I found a lot wrong with it.
Faye Dunaway
You just sort of let them go for a while, but it was time to have something done to my teeth. I’m glad. It’s going to be good. Tom Cruise has braces now, too. I’m right in style.
Faye Dunaway
I regret so much. I’ve made mistakes. I’ve hurt people. I’ve done things I’m not proud of. But on the other hand, that way lies madness, you know?
Faye Dunaway
Well, softness and femininity like yours people don’t expect of me; so when they find me emotional and capable of real vulnerability, they’re surprised.
Faye Dunaway
I was very determined. The straight-A girl. I wanted to succeed. Driven. Let’s face it: very driven.
Faye Dunaway
When someone is successful, there’s always a feeling that they were lucky. Luck plays a part, sure, but to be successful, you must have iron discipline. You must have energy and hunger and desire and honesty.
Faye Dunaway
I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do.
Faye Dunaway
I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
Faye Dunaway
It’s interesting as one grows older to keep in touch with the cutting edge.
Faye Dunaway
For a long time, I couldn’t cry on stage. I cried very rarely as a child.
Faye Dunaway
I get angry when people push people around.
Faye Dunaway
You are an athlete when you’re onstage. You can’t get tired.
Faye Dunaway
I’m still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn’t feel like she belonged.
Faye Dunaway
Acting is different from mental gymnastics. You try to discover as much about the character as you can, but a large area is mysterious.
Faye Dunaway
Once you reach a certain age, you realize that men aren’t as important as you once thought they were.
Faye Dunaway
Do you know what I’m working on now? My first feature as a director.
Faye Dunaway
I sort of dropped the ball after ‘Bonnie and Clyde.’
Faye Dunaway
I always think I would like to have a partner in life, and I would – if I could find the right person, I think.
Faye Dunaway