Glenn Close Quotes

"I`ve often been mistaken for Meryl Streep, although never on Oscar night."

"I never wanted to be a man. I feel sorry for them."

"It`s gotten out of control. It`s taking bigger and bigger names to make smaller and smaller films. I worry that important films without a big name attached won`t get made at all."

"It was the cherry on the cake for one of the great experiences of my career." - On her 1984 Tony win for playing Annie in "The Real Thing".

I love the chemistry that can be created onstage between the actors and the audience. It`s molecular even, the energies that can go back and forth. I started in theater. and when I first went into movies I felt that my energy was going to blow out the camera.

Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.

We were fortunate enough to have several good books detailing the camps and the women. Some were by the survivors. I also got to talk to some of the women who had been in the camp, survivors.

I think there are certain actors that have that kind of energy about them, that taking over a room energy.

With the hugely talented women I`ve worked with or observed, it`s not a question about temperament or ego; it`s a question about getting it right. If they`ve got a reputation for being difficult it`s usually because they just don`t suffer fools.

When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.

I had a dresser who literally squeezed me in like Scarlett O`Hara in Gone With The Wind.

I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcement.

Diva has a negative connotation.

Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That`s basically what we do.

I never got into this business thinking I`d be like a movie star.

You have to love the characters you play, even if no one else does.

Bunny boiler is now part of our language, and I`m proud of that.

There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth.

I don`t like public venues. I never know what to wear.

I don`t live in Hollywood. I try to live a quiet life. I don`t go out to a lot of events, and I don`t go out buying a lot of clothes.

I`ve been sacrificing my life for my work for 30 years, and now I want it the other way around. I want to find work that fits into my life and that would be based here.

I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they`re trying to play, so all this temperament comes out.

As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That`s the bottom line.

I find it quite amusing that I can frighten children by just saying, Puppies. Usually they`re disappointed I don`t actually have black and white hair.

The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It`s my way of saying, Don`t mess with me.

I thought it was astounding that a woman was censured for wanting to just take up photography. I thought, my, how the world has changed.

It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.

I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work.

When I hear that somebody`s difficult, I think, Oh, I can`t wait to work with them.

Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man.

I don`t think the tabloids find me very interesting.

I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming I watched the movie. I thought it was very dated.

It is very difficult for girls. They`re told to look one way, but to act another way.

I don`t think my characters are all awful and horrible. There are reasons for their behaviour. I have to find what makes them human.

I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people.

I`m an actor, that`s my contribution.

It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do.

I love the chemistry that can be created onstage between the actors and the audience. It`s molecular even, the energies that can go back and forth. I started in theater. and when I first went into movies I felt that my energy was going to blow out the camera.

It`s not good to be in a situation where people don`t want to direct you or don`t want to question something.

There`s something about a catharsis that is very important.

Celebrity is death - celebrity - that`s the worst thing that can happen to an actor.

We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.