Kim Basinger Quotes

Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.

Once, and only once, I walked on stage and my mind went utterly blank! I had no idea why I was there! My fellow actors had to rescue me. I was very young and new to the business, so I'm glad it didn't give me stage fright for the rest of my life!

I built my entire career off of teen comedies. I was in 'Bring It On'.

It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.

I did a movie with Clint Eastwood and I knew I wasn't going to be able to 'out-man' him.

Every time I play in a movie, I never expect that it'll be huge. I don't like thinking about that, because it's so scary.

One time I nearly experienced failure was when I was acting in 'Hum Aapke Hain Kaun' in 1994. One day, I woke up and found that part of my face was paralysed.

Obviously, I'm not a trained actress, and right now I'll come out and say I'm glad I'm not.

I've never been onstage in my life.

I think every role that I go up for is daunting.

I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward.

I have always wanted to work with Judy Dench, and that hasn't happened yet, so that would be fun.

I secretly nurtured the idea of being in show business but was always terrified of it. I had every fear you could possibly imagine associated with performing.

Stevie Van Zandt could not walk on to a set and act. I don't know how actors do that! It's the scariest thing in the world.

I didn't really think about being a movie star. I was more about theater.

Performance was a shock to me. The first time I remember feeling I could do it was during the making of my first video, 'Fun for Me.' I couldn't sleep the night before the shoot, I was so frightened. I had to play a ghost and a piece of merchandise in a shop window, and I had no idea whether I was going to be able to pull it off.

I think the first table read I ever did, my hand was vibrating the whole time.

Of course being in movies is very exciting, and it's a wonderful thing for an actor to do.

Even after spending a substantial time in the entertainment business, before the release of a film, I am nervous.

I have done my share of looking glamorous on-screen in many films.

I went on an audition. I walked in the room, and it was Leslie Mann with Judd Apatow. It was intimidating.

I do get nervous and excited whenever I do a film.

So, suddenly I was an actor. I don't remember being nervous. I learned to be nervous later.

That's the way this business works: if your movies do well at the box office, you will be offered more movies. It doesn't matter if you're a nice guy or you're a prick. If your movies do well, there's a job waiting for you in Hollywood. It's not any more complicated than that.

I never had a great role in a great film.