Jennifer Jason Leigh Quotes

I've done big studio films and the big studio films I've done, I've tried to do the interesting ones and the ones where I could live with myself in the morning.

We know as filmmakers where you draw the line.

I feel like no one starts entertainment with an impure intention, but somewhere along the way, lines become blurred and you're no longer sure which way is up and which way is down.

My limits will be better marked. Both the limits I will set, and my own limits.

I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other.

If I were not able to separate the art from the artists, I think I would limit myself a great deal, and life wouldn't be nearly as interesting.

I have a really hard time watching gory stuff and horror movies. I have said no to some horror movie things. I wouldn't rule it out; I could probably be convinced to do one. But sometimes, I just get ill.

I've never done any nudity, but I would do basically anything if a role called for it.

Thresholds of pain, indignity and incapacity are entirely personal.

I give opinions, not advice.

I think most character people that you talk to, it's like, whatever they offer us, we are thrilled to do. I won't do anything that's immoral or illicit. I did turn down eating a dead body once. I turned down a few really creepy horror movies. For the most part, I can usually find a way into whatever character.

Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some reason give them to a total stranger to listen to. I find it offensive to hear other people do that.

You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.'

I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is change the essence of my work.

We can trust ourselves to know when our boundaries are being violated.

And this is one of the major questions of our lives: how we keep boundaries, what permission we have to cross boundaries, and how we do so.

I'm not in the business of warning people.

I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.

I imagine there are things I wouldn't do, but I haven't been offered those recently either.

It is a challenge trying not to give in to pleasing other people.

I'm not an actress who's a fan of gratuity, so I don't seek projects that have nudity for nudity's sake. I don't know any actors who do, unless they're in 'Spartacus.'

Do I do bar mitzvahs? No. You know, you've gotta draw a line somewhere.

I have learnt my boundaries and what I need to do to preserve my energy and not give out too much of myself every night.

As an actor, it's very rare that you get a choice in a matter. But you're always looking for something that has some gravitas.

I know there are actors who won't kiss on screen, and I respect that, but I don't have any rules like that. I will stay true to the script.