Judith Hoag Quotes

This work is never boring. I can go from pretending to live one kind of life to another to another to another. It`s like a big game of dress-up and make-believe. The longer I do this the more fun it gets and the freer I allow myself to be creatively.

(about working in Bad City Blues (1999)) I`d been playing a lot of mothers and while I was a mother in this story as well, I got to rob banks, jump off of balconies and shoot guns . . . all while wearing leather!

I think commercials get a bad rap, that there`s no creativity to them, but I haven`t found that to be entirely true. The process of auditioning for them can be tedious but actually doing them can be really fun.

My advice to new actors is: Don`t be lazy, Go after what you desire. Don`t heed the commonplace advice that is meant to discourage you. If you want it go and get it. Be willing to work hard and be patient Be kind to yourself.

I`ve shot eight (television pilots) so far. I am an optimist. I believe that one day I will do a pilot that will actually go!

(about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)) I got this movie while I was still shooting Cadillac Man (1990) and had to fly off to North Carolina on the weekends. Everyone wondered what kind of strange movie I was off doing. Only Robin (Robin Williams) had heard of the Ninja Turtles. He had collected all of the comic books and couldn`t wait to see the movie. He brought his kids to the premiere and surprised me. The movie ended up being a big hit. I still have a hard time watching that movie . . . I was never satisfied with how it came out. It lost a lot of its soul. Elias Koteas, however, was brilliant.