Sherilyn Fenn Quotes

When I was little, I didn't have dreams to be an actress or a star; I wanted to be a mom, have a house and a picket fence.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Star, Actress, Wanted, Picket

I'm contemplating moving to London for a period of time. I've been in Los Angeles for 15 years and I'm really tired of it. I'm continually uninspired by what's being sent to me. Even by huge films that they're doing there. They're just awful.

- Sherilyn Fenn

London, Doing, Been, Contemplating

I don't flirt and I don't play the people that I'm meeting with.

- Sherilyn Fenn

People, Play, Meeting, Flirt

There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don't worry or agonize about the outcome.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Life, Trust, About, Outcome

I love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. So it wasn't something I ever seriously considered.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Love, Desire, Like, Tons

I wasn't into going to college for four years and that whole dorm thing. I had such an aversion to it. It's an extended vacation, isn't it?

- Sherilyn Fenn

College, Going, Dorm, Vacation

I began to use my sensitivity. And I realized I wasn't weird because I cried a lot.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Weird, Lot, Cried, Sensitivity

As for 'Twin Peaks,' I'm happy to have been a part of something that was a success. The only time I was concerned was during the second season when it started to lose its focus, and I was thinking, 'What if I get stuck here for five years? I would go crazy.'

- Sherilyn Fenn

Here, Been, Concerned, Only Time

I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Always, Been, May, None

In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films because they seem to be the most challenging and unique.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Doing, Some, Films, Perfect World

I'm sure 'Boxing Helena' will eclipse 'Twin Peaks' and Audrey Home for me. If people here go see it.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Will, Here, Sure, Helena

I was told once that I didn't play the Hollywood game, and that's why I wasn't a big star. What they meant when was that I don't go to parties, and when I go to an audition and I don't like the script, they know it.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Play, Audition, Meant, Big Star

The difference between working with a man and a woman... is immense.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Woman, Working, Difference, Immense

Prince inspired me. He changed my life. I will miss him greatly.

- Sherilyn Fenn

My Life, Will, Inspired, Greatly

I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Think, Some, Based, Jokes

Jessica Lange in Frances... was dramatic and passionate and one of the strongest performances I've seen a woman do.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Woman, Passionate, Dramatic, Jessica

When certain doors opened around 'Twin Peaks,' I wasn't interested in walking through them. Now I just feel like I'm more open to life. I have two children. My life is not dependent on the business in that way.

- Sherilyn Fenn

My Life, Through, Twin Peaks, Dependent

I was a brat. It was crazy, I was very picky. In other words, I didn't take advantage of what was happening.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Other, Very, Picky, Brat

Now I know why guys like to hug girls. You guys just want to cop a feel. I can't believe that I've fallen for it all these years!

- Sherilyn Fenn

Want, Cop, Like, Hug

I'm in a space of surrendering and being open and seeing. It's a good place to be - the only place to be.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Seeing, Only, Good Place, Surrendering

I didn't want to do some trivial, lame, trite, sweetie-pie, 'How thin can I be?' role.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Some, How, Trivial, Thin

I really loved Twin Peaks. When I saw the two-hour pilot, they screened it in the big theatre. I said, I don't know what is going to happen. I'm in this and I don't understand it. This is never going to sell. Who's going to watch this thing?

- Sherilyn Fenn

Theatre, Big, Twin Peaks, Peaks

Twin Peaks was special because it was so groundbreaking. In the early '90s it really changed television a lot. A bunch of weird shows, like Northern Exposure, came on after that.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Television, Like, Twin Peaks, Peaks

For many years, I didn't feel I'd find anything that I'd like as much as 'Twin Peaks.'

- Sherilyn Fenn

Feel, Like, Twin Peaks, Peaks

I'm absolutely an Elizabeth Taylor fan!

- Sherilyn Fenn

Fan, Elizabeth, Taylor, None

It's one thing to play a character that's fictitious - it's quite another to play somebody that is alive and well.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Play, Alive, Another, Fictitious

I gained 50 pounds when I was carrying my baby.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Baby, Carrying, Gained, Pounds

If you're a young woman in Hollywood, then they want you to look a certain way and paint you in this and that.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Woman, Young, Certain Way, Young Woman

I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Problem, Big, Feel, Big Problem

It was just a fairly normal high school existence, riding our bikes around and hanging out in parks and down in the village.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Existence, Normal, Fairly, Bikes

I can sing, but my voice is untrained. I'd like to do a musical someday.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Voice, Like, Musical, Untrained

I hope maybe somehow I won't be in this business all my life, and I won't be one of those women that's trying to, you know, save what she looks like... My work is about something completely different. It's about what's inside.

- Sherilyn Fenn

My Life, Maybe, Save, All My Life

When I read the script, I was like, Hello, woman in a box. I had to explore that to the end.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Woman, Explore, Read, Hello

I've worked with some people that just spent hours and hours and hours in the mirror, and just so much importance is based on that. And I do find that sad.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Some, Hours, Based, Hours And Hours

It's not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Magic, Think, Magical, Realistic

I loved working on Of Mice and Men. It was a wonderful group of people. John Malkovich is to me one of the best actors around right now-and a lot of fun to work with.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Work, Best, Wonderful, Mice

I loved doing 'Gilmore Girls.' I love Amy Sherman-Palladino. I'd do anything with her.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Love, Doing, Amy, Gilmore Girls

I've always been aware of the emphasis on beauty in Hollywood, and I think that as one does get older, it can be scary.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Think, Always, Been, Emphasis

There will only ever be one Prince.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Will, Only, Ever, Prince

Bleaching my hair for Two Moon Junction... my hair was fried and I looked like an idiot.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Hair, Moon, Junction, Fried

Yes, I can do the cherry stem trick. All girls in my high school could do it.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Cherry, Yes, Could, Stem

Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men-they want to wrap women up in a neat little package.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Some, Hollywood, Package, Wrap

I'm a walking contradiction. I am funny that way.

- Sherilyn Fenn

I Am, Walking, Am, Contradiction

Those 'Airplane!' type of movies, they've never been my cup of tea.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Tea, Movies, Never, Airplane

I think there's an anxiety in life where we automatically tend to look to the next thing or we're complaining about the past. Worrying is not going to make it happen or not happen.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Think, Next, Happen, Automatically

Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Surprise, Some, Over, Script

You say a line and you wait for them to laugh, then you say another line and you wait... It felt weird to me. But it's interesting and the energy is almost like theatre, I suppose, with all the people there.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Wait, Like, Almost, Suppose

Every time I think I'd want a huge, huge career, I realize I'd go crazy under that kind of scrutiny.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Career, Think, I Think, Scrutiny

I like people that are real people. Real people are broad; they make mistakes.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Mistakes, Like, Real People, Broad

I moved to L.A. when I was 17 and started making movies six months later.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Movies, Making, Six, Making Movies

I'm still just a loud-mouth girl from Michigan. I thought I might've grown out of that, but people are always reminding me that I haven't.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Thought, Always, Still, Reminding

Sometimes I'm like Dory from 'Finding Nemo.' I can't remember facts.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Remember, Sometimes, Like, Finding

We all have sadness in our life and things that we can draw upon.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Sadness, Things, Our, Draw

At the very least, my tastes are out of the ordinary.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Very, Tastes, Least, Ordinary

I don't get back to Michigan nearly as much as I'd like to.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Like, Get, Nearly, Michigan

I've had a very specific path over the years. Sometimes they're not all we want them to be, but they create who we are.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Sometimes, Over, Very, Specific

Harrison Ford... I love him. He's a man's man.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Love, I Love, Harrison Ford, Ford

My mother's been married many, many times and grew up believing in love like that. It's remarkable.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Love, Like, Been, Remarkable

Being a mother for me was like, 'Oh, this is what I've been looking for my whole life.' This brings me a sense of completion. I never knew I would love this deeply. It's so nice not to worry about myself anymore. I only worry about my children.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Love, Been, About, Deeply

On screen chemistry can be very different from off screen chemistry.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Chemistry, Different, Very, Screen

I don't want my body to look like a man's. I just want to tone my body.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Man, Want, Like, Tone

Having my son, it's such a sense of completion as a woman; it's put me at peace.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Son, Woman, Having, Completion

I'm very strong and very confident.

- Sherilyn Fenn

Strong, Very, Confident

If you're searching for quotes on a different topic, feel free to browse our Topics page or explore a diverse collection of quotes from various Authors to find inspiration.

Powerful Sherilyn Fenn for Daily Growth