Rene Russo Quotes

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Rene Russo

Profession : Actress

Birth : February 17, 1954

I don't love getting up at the crack of dawn and having makeup put on my face for three hours - like, I really don't like it - and then having a part that's just not that challenging.

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I never thought I could model, and I certainly never thought about acting. It's just something that happened to me.

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I didn't know who Avedon was. I was 18 years old. I dropped out of high school in the 10th grade. I had no idea.

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I think acting is something that came natural.

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I work out five days a week for 20 minutes; I only do one body part a day.

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If I had to design a career for myself, I would have done comedy.

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I grew up in Burbank - but not the Burbank of valet parking and TV studios. In the late 1950s, there was a small apartment complex on Elmwood Avenue that rented mostly to families on welfare. I lived there from age 3 to 11 and again from 14 to 18 with my mother, Shirley, and my younger sister, Toni.

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My mom worked for Lockheed Corp. in Burbank as an inspector of airplane parts. To help make ends meet, Dee, a friend of my mom's from Lockheed, moved in. She was a lovely person and helped with our care for many years.

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I think early in my career, I didn't choose films that were crappy films, necessarily, but I didn't go out and campaign for smaller, better roles.

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I think I was pigeonholed pretty early on. And I started late in my career. I was 33.

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Strong and in control - I don't necessarily feel that way. I'm a little bit more scattered in my life. I'm more of a street girl, in a way.

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We all do things where we don't care about other people. And we deal with it in whatever ways we can, denial or make excuses.

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If something comes around that would be a challenge, then that would be wonderful. But if it's a watered-down version of something I've already done, I'd rather do something else.

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I've got a drought-tolerant garden; I've got a company - crazy as it sounds, we make yogurt. There are actors who have to act no matter what, but I don't want to do it just for the sake of doing it.

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I didn't want to be an actress when I was younger - not even when I was older, to tell you the truth.

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I didn't have a father growing up, and I was raised with all women, and I didn't really understand men. I thought they were like women, right?

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I loved 'Tin Cup' because even though that character had her own career and was strong, she was pretty confused. I think she was my favorite character because she was well-rounded. She didn't have it all together.

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I'll be honest with you: I'd rather have BAFTA over an Academy Award any day. Because it's just cool.

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