Michelle Monaghan Quotations

I graduated with a class of 35 people. We had basically just enough people to actually have a play.

I am a firm believer that you can make a difference in someone's life - whether they're thousands of miles away, or on your own block.

I can't imagine anything more debilitating, anything more challenging, anything more thrilling than to get on a stage and do any kind of play. It is such a vulnerable place for any actor to be in.

I think we're both brunettes. I don't think I necessarily look like her, but I'll certainly take that as a compliment.

I think that weird rumor or idea in Hollywood that people don't want to see female-driven movies couldn't be further from the truth. Women buy tickets to movies.

I will say that 'Source Code' proved to be a very tricky film to shoot.

I was just fascinated with how everyone else in the world lived, and I was interested in telling their story.

I think there's a misconception, often times, I think society portrays truckers as people who can't get a better job or maybe uneducated, and I think that's a really unfair assessment.

I think if you find that you're making a judgment on the character, than your audience will make a judgment on the character.

I'm still really fascinated with characters and people and telling their stories.

I wasn't in any position. My goodness, they had all the right in the world to judge me -- they had no idea who I was.

You kind of get to see Ethan in some dramatic and emotional moments, which I think is really appealing.

Well, I guess the best thing to do is not to perpetuate it, not to talk about. I think the most important thing to remember is what we're here to promote, and that's this film we spent six months making it, and countless hours of crew members and cast members' work. And we're so thrilled to be now promoting it.

You know I think it's hard in any film when you're kissing someone who you don't really have genuine feelings for... but at the same time it's our job so... there are worse things I could be doing on that particular day than kissing Tom Cruise I suppose... i'm not going to complain.

We're all flawed people at the end of the day; I don't know any perfect people.

We've been anticipating this cut off and we have been testing R5.

Toward the beginning of the film, she's unaware of what he really does, but then she kind of surmises something is going on. But she's completely smitten with Ethan, as one would be.

As soon as I found out I got the job, I high-tailed it back to the shop and I got the boots.

I've never owned a pair and really wanted them.

Some days I really love being a mom, and some days I don't! It's crazy - I'm tired of packing lunches!

As much as I can and am able to, with the projects that are presented to me, I try to just really choose things that are challenging and are something I haven't tackled before.

It's an interesting opportunity to do a long-form character and really have the time to find the nuance over an extended period of time. You can really dig deep.

I'm not so Hollywood; I live in New York, so it's very normal. I don't have many friends in the industry. My friends come from all sorts of different backgrounds and careers.

I have nice muscle tone in my arms. I can't really take credit for it, though - all the members of my family do. A lot of arm wrestling happened in our family growing up!

If you look at 'Breaking Bad,' nothing lacks.

I really want to do good work. I really do. My priority isn't stardom.

I live in L.A., so layers are essential to my wardrobe. I like slim silhouettes, typically, and I love good tailoring.

I really believe in less is more in terms of makeup. I try not to wear too much foundation. I like to see my skin coming through. I like to see my freckles. I just think that's the most youthful look.

I don't really think too much about special effects because that's not really something I can clearly visualize, so I leave that to the pros.

I don't really look like I do in any of my films.

If I didn't have it, if there wasn't that belief in me, there's no way I could have done it.

If I find anything vintage, I'll have it tailored for my body.

I come from a very working class background. My dad worked in a factory for 40 years. We all put ourselves through school.

What's compelling about the story and what's very honest about the story is that it's very real and it's happening. There are 200,000 women in active duty, and over 40% of them are moms. This experience is shared by thousands of women, and no one is right or wrong.

I knew that this was something that was going to be an intense experience, just from the way I typically approach my work. I did not take the fact that I was going to portray a soldier lightly. It was so very important to me that I came across as believable and honest and truthful. I wanted to be able to convey the psychology behind the choice of leaving home for an extended period of time, knowing that you may never come back while still being a devoted parent.

So, it was really important that I go do the necessary research. In doing the research, I spent time with a lot of medics and women down at Fort Bliss. I went through an intensive medical course there, with other medics. And then, I really sat down with all of the women that had been deployed, or were getting ready to deploy again. The common thread for them was family, and what a struggle it was for them to come home and face their children and flip a switch.

We have this misconception about women in the military, that they don't wear make-up, but in reality, they're very feminine women. You can be a tough woman, and still be a very nurturing and emotional parent. It's just not always black and white like that.

I found out a few months after we started [True Detective] that I was pregnant.

I was at the beginning stages of my pregnancy, and it never really feels real anyway, until you actually start showing and you start to feel the baby kick. Fortunately I didn't have any morning sickness or anything like that. And I really didn't want to be distracted from the work at hand, so I didn't tell anybody. It was really just towards the end of shooting where I was about five months, where I needed to tell a costume designer[ of the True Detective].

It was very fortuitous that the show [True Detective] actually spans seventeen years - so as I was getting older on the show, I was gaining weight. When I'm playing fifty, I'm ten pounds heavier! I don't know if they thought maybe I was method? But it actually worked to my benefit.

You dont grow up in a town of 700 thinking youre going to be an actress. I loved doing [school] plays, but it was just something to keep me busy.

It was the first time I worked with Matthew McConaughey [in the True Detective].They're fun guys [with Woody Harrelson]. They don't take life at all too seriously, but yet they take their work very seriously. And both of them are just so committed to character and the story.

Everything looks more beautiful in retrospect.

I'm not too modest of a person. I've got a pretty blue sense of humor.

I smoked for almost 10 years. I really regret that. Thankfully, I came out on the other side. I hope my lungs are repairing themselves now.

[True Detective] is an intense show, even in terms of the dialogue - there's a little rhythm to it, in particular in his monologues. I think on those days, he [Woody Harrelson] really had to stay in the zone. Because there's a certain cadence in which that character speaks and talks about life, you know? But then there are other days that he was able to be a little more loose.

It's really challenging to play comedy.

When I was growing up, my parents took in foster children. From a young age, I learned that there are a lot of children in need.

I live in L.A., so layers are essential to my wardrobe. I like slim silhouettes, typically, and I love good tailoring.

Woody [Harrelson] and I actually worked together years ago on North Country. So I felt completely at ease.

I think, typically, sci-fi can be a little bit grey and thought provoking. Sometimes it leaves you pondering certain questions and things.

I really love the festival circuit.

I want to be inside Nic Pizzolattos brain.