Irene Dunne Quotes

I got to play a real D-bag lawyer, and comb my hair really awfully and kiss Emma Stone, so it was a really wonderful day on set.

I've got to watch my back, so I can't put on too much weight.

Dad almost died of a heart attack in the middle of making Apocalypse Now, the biggest movie of his life. It doesn't make you want to jump into that business.

In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didn't have the cultural dimension. This is a fast-food culture.

It is not OK for anyone to be obese. There needs to be a cultural shift.

For some reason, I bruise like a peach. I don't have enough vitamin C, I think.

… being healthy at one point in time may have little relevance to what happens during a future presidential term. George H.W. Bush was healthy when he assumed office in 1989, but in 1991 he developed atrial fibrillation, a potentially dangerous heart rhythm. Doctors subsequently diagnosed Graves’ disease, an excess of thyroid hormone that had caused the heart abnormality.

I still represent for overweight adults and kids, but I am also now painfully and personally aware of the health issues.

The movement across Canada to fight toxic chemicals is a women's movement. It's a concern about health; it's very intimate.

I didn't leave TV for films; I left it due to health issues. I wasn't keeping well, and I was losing weight due to the long working hours.

My work is really simple. They say 'action,' I do my stuff; they say, 'cut!'

My thing of not playing offensive tackle is the health issue. I don't want to be that big. That could end up not being good for your health.

I have one of those bodies that is just a little more injury-prone.

When someone new comes on and has their first nude scene - and even if it's not full nudity - it's always a weird, awkward setup. We have these famous merkins which are sort of toupees for your delicate areas to make it look like you're naked but cover you up a little bit. But we joke around a little bit with the newbies who are trying that stuff on for the first time.

I don't wear anything in bed. But I'm not ready for a nude scene quite yet.

I am afraid for my health. I'm definitely burning the candle a little, at both ends, and I have to be careful about that.

Just in case you get pneumonia or die. The dangerous bits are always the last days of shooting.

I think for a lot of people, acting becomes a lifestyle, especially when you're living in Los Angeles.

The sitting around on the set is awful. But I always figure that’s what they pay me for. The acting I do for free.

Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.

I turned down Short Circuit 2 too and I now wish I hadn't. Sequels are a lot of fun and you get to hang out with all your friends.

Everything really needs to be paraben-free for me. I mean, because if I’m going to smoke cigarettes, then I need to be aware of all the other bullshit I’m putting into my body.

Of course, it's always complicated to shoot a sex scene.

As an actor if you're working you're usually in three places, you're either prepping something, you're shooting something, or you're post on something or promoting something.

I miss smoking (two to four packs a day) but I don't miss the crackle in my lungs when I breathed.