Ann Dowd Quotes

TV is terrific. It's really fast paced which I find difficult.

Life gets more interesting as it goes on. It becomes fuller because there is perspective there.

I think women are used to stepping up and getting the job done when you need to.

I guess getting older has its benefits, one of them being perspective.

I have to say my background was mostly theatre, which I love, and it took a long time to feel comfortable there. That's probably true of anyone's career.

The work for the actor is always the same. We're looking for a human being. We're looking for believable human behavior.

I always felt like a successful actor when I got a job.

I can say that I am, by nature, optimistic.

To me, being an actor is the best job in the land, next to being a mother and having a family and a husband. I just think it's the realization of, "Hey, this is the greatest situation in the world."

The great thing about an independent film is that you're too busy working, and you're too busy hoping to God to get it done.