Rene Russo Quotes

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Rene Russo

Profession : Actress

Birth : February 17, 1954

Every day, every birthday candle I blow out, every penny I throw over my shoulder in a wishing well, every time my daughter says, 'Let's make a wish on a star,' there's one thing I wish for: wisdom.

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I would have loved to do romantic comedies. That's what I think I would be best at.

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I have nothing against younger women and older men on screen. What is sad is that so many women over 40 who have so much to give aren't being considered to play opposite men their own age or younger.

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In June 1972, I went with friends to see the Rolling Stones at the Los Angeles Forum. After the concert, as we crossed through the parking lot, a guy in a brown Mercedes stopped in the middle of the street and got out. He came up to me and asked if I had ever modeled.

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Beauty and youth can stay inside, but it doesn't outside.

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I always thought I'm kind of a tough girl.

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By high school, I was already tall - 5-foot-8 - and one day I made the mistake of wearing green tights. The football players all started calling me the Jolly Green Giant.

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Being married, I would say most relationships are pretty codependent in some ways.

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I always go into a film situation depressed and fearful.

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I'm always drawn to melancholy personalities.

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I don't know much about sports.

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I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different.

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I am self-conscious, and I'm aware of my body. But I struggle with America's limited idea of what perfection is.

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I envy my daughter's childhood.

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In high school, I was very unpopular.

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I have an unusual face.

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I'm a California girl, and I'd love to restore a sense of place to Southern California.

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Maybe it's that I'm naive, but I don't think of myself as an age.

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I was a high-school dropout; I was a loner.

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I was never the kind of person who cared much what people thought about me.

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