Glenn Close Quotes

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.

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.

All great art comes from a sense of outrage.

It is an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still remains largely silent when it comes to mental illness.

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

What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.

The mentally ill frighten and embarrass us. And so we marginalize the people who most need our acceptance. What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.

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

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

A huge part of real love is constant forgiveness.

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

I think everybody wants to connect. There is nothing worse than feeling disconnected. And stories that really move people and make people care are the ones where they feel some sort of connection.

Be aware of your inner voice and follow it, even though most of the time it will tell you the most uncomfortable path to choose.

I think every pet lover has an appreciation for nature - I've never met an animal lover who didn't have some kind of connection to the natural world.

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

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.

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.

All your life you think 60 is ancient, and all of a sudden you find you're 60 and you don't really feel that different. I feel stronger and more engaged. This is the best time of my life.

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

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

I really think that effective acting has to do literally with the movement of molecules.

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

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

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

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.

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

I don't like public venues. I never know what to wear.

The word diva has a negative connotation.

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

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.

I don't think the tabloids find me very interesting.

Taking power away from a man is a dangerous thing. Someone always pays.

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

I think our family is like a lot of families. We had no vocabulary for mental illness

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

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

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.

I also have always felt that television has a huge potential for the kinds of audiences that some films would never dream or ever be able to have. So that potential is very exciting to me.

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

I've always felt that an independent film is a film that almost doesn't get made.

When you're playing a man, you can look tired and horrible and you still look okay. As a woman, if you're tired, it's terrible. It was such a luxury not having to worry about that.

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.

When I hear that somebody's difficult, I think, Oh, I can't wait to work with them.

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

I think having pets helps sensitize people to the natural world.

Good live theater disturbs molecules. You create an energy source around yourself and it alternates between you and the audience. Anybody who sees live theater should come out a little rearranged.

I've found myself getting more and more cynical about what's happening to the planet - it makes me furious.

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

As far as the difference for me between television and movies, I really thrill to the pace of television. As exhausting as it can be - there was actually one day when we never went to bed.