Faye Dunaway Quotations

I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do.

Well, softness and femininity like yours people don't expect of me; so when they find me emotional and capable of real vulnerability, they're surprised.

Since Star Wars, that film's success led to bigger budgets, more hardware, that the great movies like the ones I did, which were studio movies, are now independent movies. They range from half a million to several million, and a lot of those have very interesting roles.

Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director.

So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean?

You just sort of let them go for a while, but it was time to have something done to my teeth. I'm glad. It's going to be good. Tom Cruise has braces now, too. I'm right in style.

I'm still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn't feel like she belonged.

I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.

My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life.

I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.

It's interesting as one grows older to keep in touch with the cutting edge.

I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.

So Liam and movies are obviously big passions, and I read and write.

You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.

It's true, I did a lot of great movies, and I'm happy. It was what it was, and now I think all of that has fed into where I am now, and I think it has taught me a lot.

God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of.

When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.

Warren Beatty's been helpful. He's been a friend for a long time, and I always admired what he did with Bonnie and with many other films after that.

The whole era when I was busy being a big movie star was terribly disconcerting. I was cared for and cosseted, and yet I was totally dependent.

I just go to movies, or see my son, Liam. He's 23 and he's got to find his own way, but I try to be there and give him guidance.

Success is a relative quotient, and fame can be ephemeral. An Oscar is something that becomes a part of your record, a tangible acknowledgement that your efforts have made a difference.

I'm kind of a recluse.

I like being very busy. I think that's the definition of stardom, really. It's energy. It really is.

When I think of Peter Wolf I always remember the Portuguese proverb: 'Never say you will not drink from that glass again.'

I would like a partner but I can see myself without a marriage. I'd love to have someone to sit and talk with and walk on the beach with at 80.

Years are not important, my dear.

I am desperate and vulnerable. ... I am always terrified.... Beauty can sometimes be so very troublesome.

You can't take responsibility for everything. You can't have that kind of control At some point, it's all out of our hands.

You are not an extra in somebody else's film. You are the star in your own life.

Fear is a pair of handcuffs on your soul.

I called her because I wanted it to be modeled a little bit after her because she's such a charismatic person in the field, ... You know, this great-looking woman with lots of blonde hair who really made a big success out of almost anything she's attempted to do.

He became one of the greatest artists that will ever be. Ever, ever.