Jennifer Jason Leigh Quotes

Being an entertainer, I want to play the role both of a villain and a hero.

I played comedies and dramas.

I love playing an ingenue, and I love doing revivals, and I will continue to do that.

Comedy or villain, the role does not matter as long as it is challenging.

I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.

I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater.

Class clowns become actors.

I like drama. I love being in a drama where I get to be the funny guy. That's what I really love the most.

I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my sisters and I would make shows. I always wanted to be on TV.

As a child I'd get given parts as a tree.

I realized I really enjoyed theatre, so I did shows up in Seattle like 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'Lost in Yonkers.'

Everything was magnificent so far, even if I knew my part of dramas.

It is so fantastic being an actress because you have the chance to be a thousand different people when you act.

My husband and I are both actors; we're obviously dramatic.

You just have to play the character.

As an actor, I'd rather turn into Joffrey.

Coming up through the theater in America, while I have had success, I have had success in certain types of roles.

I can't take the theater side out of myself.

By 15, I was lucky enough to find the theater.

A play is a passion.

The stage calls my name.

I am auditioning again - getting back to theatre would be amazing.

A woman is like an actress: she's always onstage.

I'm merely trying to be something akin to a nice, kind, good actress.

I will never leave the theater. My heart is there, and I love being on stage 8 times a week.