Jill Clayburgh Quotes

I wasn't very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children's birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos.

I like to run, to go down the stairs, I'm one of those kind of people.

I came from dinner, went downtown with my friends, the elevator was down, I ran down the hall toward my room at 10 at night, having had two glasses of wine.

I want to be an actress, not a personality.

I don't like sitting around in my dressing room very much. It feels a lot like theater.

People always seem to see echoes of their own lives in my films.

Well, this would be nice if it worked out, but I'm not selling the farm.

I just didn't work that much while the kids were growing up.

What bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women are. We don't treasure women as they get older.

I notice now, whatever character in whatever movie youre watching, they have these toned arms and muscles.

There's something about soft, unstructured arms that's very beautiful.

Clothes are part of the character. They can't but help inform who you are.

I love to swim for miles; I could just go back and forth.

A woman came up to me after one of the screenings with tears pouring down her face and sobbed, You've defined my entire life for me on the screen.

I no longer say nice things about yoga. I was doing yoga so long before everybody else.

I dont theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that shes thinking.

I love to swim for miles I could just go back and forth.