Julianne Moore Quotes

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Julianne Moore

Profession : Actress

Birth : December 3, 1960

People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film.

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It's very important for me to be absolutely present in order to be emotional.

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When I was younger, I thought I had to shut myself off, work really hard to cry. I learned after a while that that's just not... You know, often in life, you cry when you're caught off-guard. That's where I need to be when I'm acting, too.

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I have a husband and two kids, and they're usually around when I'm shooting, then I go home. We have dinner, and that's what I'm dealing with when I go home.

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The one thing that kids need is consistency.

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The worst thing you could do is scare a kid or trick them. Never, ever, ever do that.

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Frankly, acting doesn't scare me because I really enjoy it.

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I think every part's a challenge, and you also never know if you're going to pull it off.

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I love clothes - I love shopping for clothes, I love wearing clothes, I love talking about clothes - but oddly, putting on the dress and walking around in front of people, that's the place where I'm most uncomfortable.

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The idea behind makeup is to enhance whatever color or contours you have in your face. I'm a big believer in that. And don't use to much powder; powder is really aging. I've made that mistake myself.

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When I was growing up, the place I felt least alone was when I was reading.

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As an actor, there are places you can live, and when I graduated from school, it was either New York or L.A., and I liked the East Coast. That's why I ended up in New York.

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As an actor, all you have is what you know and what you see in other people. The more you know, and the more you've experienced, the more you're able to communicate to other people.

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I'm not someone who is driven by big external stories. I like big emotional stories.

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Art is an expression of who we are, what we believe, and what we dream about.

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When I go to a movie and can't figure it out, I'm just thrilled.

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I do love my work. As an actor, you live from job to job, though, and you have to be prepared for that.

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Jennifer Lawrence is so talented and so lovely. She has a real ability to connect with people.

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I'm not scared of many things in front of the camera. Everywhere else, yes, I'm terrified. But acting is just pretending, and you are exploring feelings in a safe environment.

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I did find it particularly difficult to do Broadway. It was not my favourite way to perform. When I do theatre, I like it to be smaller. I like the audience to be closer; I like it to be less presentational.

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