Parker Posey Quotes

I can't think of a more pathetic situation for an actor than to do a film and not connect to it. And I pray to God that I never face that situation.

When I finish a film, I want to feel drained. I want to feel like I couldn't have possibly done any more to service a character and a story.

I felt like I was Ferris Bueller. I wanted to be those kids in 'The Breakfast Club.'

I put a hell of a lot of myself into 'Love Never Dies,' and I felt quite drained afterwards.

For me, the best high school movie is, like, 'Fast Times' and what Cameron Crowe is like.

I'd still stand in line all day to get into an AC/DC show, because that was the one show when I was younger that kind of changed my life. Because it was a little wrong. I think I was 14 or 15, first concert without the parents, you know, and they were all worried because we were going to an AC/DC show, and it was an amphitheater.

I love all those dark, twisty shows, but my favorite show at the moment is 'Girls.' I love watching it. I've forgot how self-absorbed you can be at 21 years old or whatever.

My work is more to me than just music.

When I was a kid, my aunt snuck us into see 'Boyz n the Hood.'

Not to get mushy, but I realized after talking to my parents what absolute guts they must have had to let their teenage daughter be in a rock band, play in bars, do all of that.

As an actor, 'Chhichhore' has been one of the most creatively fulfilling projects and I thank my director Nitesh Tiwari for making me a part of his vision.

Every film is like a baby for me; it's like my own child. I feel protective and aggressive each time my film hit theatres.

When I first saw 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' I thought: That's what my life is like. That's my day-to-day.

I really loved making 'Love, Nina.' I was in every scene, which was amazing. Bloody hell, what a job!

I just wanted to do the things that all normal teenagers wanted to do. So I did become quite rebellious.

I work for the director, and if audience are happy, I have gotten my award. After that, I have to move on.

We are all rebellious teenagers. Sometimes we grow out of it, and sometimes we don't.

I feel like there's a lot of albums that are like 'woo! we're young, let's have fun' and there's a lot of albums that are abstract, with mature lyrics.

The problem with growing up is that once you're grown up, the people who aren't grown up aren't fun anymore.

I'd advise all you songwriters out there, if you're getting into it for the business, go home and get a job digging ditches or something. Get a life. You'll learn a lot more, and you won't write a lot of rotten poetry.

Youth is something very new: twenty years ago no one mentioned it.

Directing takes a good chunk of your life out. It's a very hard thing. As an actor, you go in for a couple of months and do your job, and then you move onto another one. As a director, it's with you for quite some time and you're responsible for the entire thing, whether the results are good or bad, or whether people throw darts at you or put you on a pedestal.

We weren't doing blow jobs when I was growing up.

I was shocked by the reaction I got for Bleak House. It was very intensive but one of the best jobs of my life. It was a chance to play a character that grows and develops and I was very enmeshed in it. But I didn't realise how stylish it was and how much people would love it.