Jennifer Jason Leigh Quotes

I was living in Seattle. I was 21 years old, just going to do theater. And I got a call that David Lynch was in town and wanted to meet with me.

I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them.

I played in a movie called Ring of Fear with Clyde Beatty and Pat O'Brien.

I love actors.

It must be hard interviewing actors.

My first time in front of a camera, I said, 'Wonder Woman, I'm so glad you're here.' That's how I made a living.

I've done a couple of castings... I've done an audition for 'The Hobbit.'

I would love to do a Broadway play. I would love to do big screen also, motion picture.

If someone asked me to be in a movie, I'd be more than happy.

In theater, you sometimes can only do one or two jobs a year because they're long periods. In film, you can shoot so many. It's quite interesting.

I'd love to do a drama.

One of my favorite things to do is be in front of the camera and act.

Telly and films has been my thing, not necessarily by choice, and if the right piece of theatre came along, I would jump at it.

I've been in training for stardom.

To get a movie star, you have to give them two hours of screen time.

I've always wanted to do acting. The biggest thing I ever did was 'The Dirty Dozen.' My contract was for three months, but the picture was taking longer to make than they thought it would. I stayed for seven months, and Frank Sinatra told me to leave. He said the public is very fickle and that they'll forget you.

'Ready Player One' is an actor's dream, so - I mean, to work with Spielberg is - everything.

It's a thrill to star with such great actors like Kevin Bacon, Kelly Preston, and Garrett Hedlund.

I fought my way into an audition on 'Ghost.'

My career as an actress in the U.S. is actually taking off quite well.

My first audition for 'The Magicians' came up in conversation with a close friend who, right then, handed me the first book.

I auditioned for Roosevelt in 'The Winds of War,' but Ralph Bellamy got the role.

There is an audition floating around somewhere that I did for 'Bates Motel.'

I was 16 and standing on Tottenham Court Road when this woman came over and asked me if I was an actress. She wanted me to audition for an online drama she was directing. I had time to kill, so I thought, 'Why not?'

Now that I am playing a movie star, I am ready to be a real one.