Top 80 Robin Wright Quotes

I honestly don’t want to act anymore.

I’d rather do ‘She’s So Lovely’ that John Cassavetes wrote versus doing ‘Batman.’

I think I’ve always been waiting for things to happen.

You’re never going to be able to delve into the character traits of a Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton.

I can’t imagine going back to long hair. Cutting it was the greatest thing I ever did.

I always wanted to get out of L.A., but time passes, and you find excuses to stay.

I met an agent through my modeling agency who encouraged me to go out and audition for sitcoms, and I was absolutely petrified because I had no desire to do it.

I can’t imagine having long hair anymore; it’s weird.

I think we manifest the very thing we put out. If you’re putting out negativity, then you’re going to retrieve that same sentiment. If you emanate joy, it comes back to you.

Now that my kids are out of the house, I’m finally able to get to the classics I never read: Emily Bronte, Dylan Thomas, Joseph Heller’s ‘Catch-22.’ It’s endless. They’re all in this gigantic pile next to my bed.

I can’t stop moving. I’m like this weird insect. I can’t sit still in real life.

For actors in Hollywood, it’s very straightforward. We’re well-paid animals in a zoo.

I learned about men from my son.

As an actor, I had noticed very vividly that very few directors know how to direct actors because they haven’t done it.

I have Spanx on. Always! I have to wear them all the time!

Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it.

I’m not in the business of talking about what ‘isn’t.’

The older you get, of course, the knowingness of the truth – the ownership of knowing – is louder.

I grew up very fast as a young girl, but I grew slowly into my womanhood.

I want to be perfect. I don’t want to fail. And you always fail.

I’ve always wanted to be able to let myself go over the edge.

I’m worried that the audience is being conditioned. That’s my real fear. Because if they don’t want to see wrinkles on the screen, if they actually fear looking at them, then it’s only going to get worse. Those of us who don’t want to shoot up and cut and sew, we’re just not going be cast.

I used to ask Sean questions about acting. He’s a brilliant actor, but I could never digest his information. I work primarily on an intuitive level.

I know what I don’t want.

Famous is celebrityism, and I don’t want that… I know that I’m not that. Everybody knows who you are. I can’t imagine living that life, but I don’t think I consider myself famous.

Most of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, watermelons, crickets, and my brother teasing me.

I like the whole package to be good, It’s a rarity that that happens, so I end up not working a lot.

D.C. is more corrupt than Hollywood. It really is.

I tell you, being on a soap is the hardest work, and it gets so old. Get on your mark, get in the light, don’t turn too far upstage – that’s all it is.

I’m not exactly the type of actress who does half a dozen films a year.

I’m the homemaker, and that’s fine with me because I really like that.

I like movies that make you think.

I’ve been told I’ve done a lot of flop movies. And I think, ‘Wow, I’ve never considered them flops!’ I’ve loved every character I played.

It’s just poetry, beauty and love. How hard can that be to act?

I’m not up there with Kate Winslet and Julia Roberts. I don’t sell tickets. I’ve known that for a long time.

If you’re happy, if you’re feeling good, then nothing else matters.

I run, lift weights and do yoga to stay in shape.

Oh my God, Zumba is the greatest invention ever for women. I like to exercise, though I do nothing consistently because I get bored and impatient. With Zumba, you’re dancing, you’re moving your hips. So much fun.

You have to do the work in your marriage, but it has to be laid on a strong foundation of love.

I dislike arrogant men and diva behavior in either gender.

I’m ready to do a Woody Allen comedy.

My son graduated high school and went to Haiti to work for his dad’s organization and then extended his stay. It’s incredible what he’s doing.

I love my life.

My favorite designers are Levi Strauss and Fruit of the Loom.

Maybe I’m a control freak.

I wouldn’t be a good model for any designer’s idea of what fashion is.

I just pray I can keep working. I just pray I grow old gracefully.

Divorce in and of itself, and with children, is devastating.

I remember calling directors numerous times and saying, ‘Oh, you should cast so-and-so instead of me. They’re much better for the role.’

No nude scenes. No sex-symbol parts. I want people to recognize me for my work, not just for being pretty.

Sean’s movies are provocative and challenging without being slick.

I have always been a good mimic.

I think the inception of my interest in arts was when I was around 9 or 10 and I started dancing. I was really convinced that I was going to go to New York and be onstage in ‘A Chorus Line.’

I never used to want rehearsals, because I was like, ‘Oh, no. I’m more spontaneous. I’m a natural. I’m a one-take person.’ But that was because I didn’t have any training. I was going off instinct.

The word ‘demand’ is a tricky word when used by our gender. When used by men, it’s part of their vernacular.

I just love getting dirty.

All marriages have their phases.

I’m tired of biting my tongue.

What I’m looking for in people now is kindness.

I always loved to dance and move. I probably should have been a mime or something like that.

Entertainment and escapism – those are the bigger money-making films today.

When I had money in the past, I would always travel rather than spend it on big apartments or cars. And I still feel exactly the same way.

I’m a hedonist when it comes to culinary delights.

My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That’s how we were raised.

If there’s nothing for me to do as an actress, then that’s frustrating. I’d rather go work at a menial labour job, where I can actually get my hands dirty.

Hollywood is difficult to navigate if you have integrity, so I opted not to work if there wasn’t enough to do in a role, which doesn’t have to do with the role’s size.

I didn’t want to commit to a TV show.

From the time I was wee big, my mother was one of the first members of Mary Kay Cosmetics. Women going door-to-door and letting housewives have their own business – that was really a breakthrough. It was huge.

Sean’s a great, great writer.

Unless you’re a star in this town, you’re really nothing.

I don’t know enough about politics. I am out of the loop.

My mother liked to buy houses, fix them up, and turn them over. We’d live somewhere for a few months and then move to another house, sometimes just two blocks away.

I wish I were stronger in areas. Not so consumed or distracted.

If ‘American Beauty’ came out today, it wouldn’t make nearly as much money.

Running gets everything done, doesn’t it? Covers it all.

It’s what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it’s never been before. There’s nothing better than that.

I’d rather attempt something I’m not sure I can do.

It took me a long time to grow up.

Electronics companies are purchasing the minerals that come out of the Eastern Congo, and they are illicit; they’re dirty.

If you get enough sleep, cut back on cigarettes and red meat, you look better the next day.