Quotes by Sherilyn Fenn

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

“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, an...”

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

“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.”

“The beauty of age is we grow, we learn. We have more wisdom. And as much as the youth-glorifying Hollywood would like us to believe, it's nothing. They're wrong.”

“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.”

“I try to keep myself centered. I don't go to parties and all that. I don't think being seen or being in the right place is going to make me a better actress. I care about my work and try to do what...”

“Audrey’s been great for me. She has brought out a side of me that’s more mischievous and fun that I had suppressed, trying to be an adult. She has made it OK to use the power one has as a woman to ...”

“The world has certain rules — Hollywood has certain rules — but it doesn't mean you have to play by them, and I don't, or I'd be a miserable person.”

“I see people giving me looks because I'm so opinionated. That hurts my feelings, but at the end of the day I have to live with me and respect myself. And I've done enough things in my life where I ...”

“The studios have their list of five actresses and whether they’re right or wrong for a role doesn’t matter. It’s how much money their last movie made.”

“They’ve offered me every variation on Audrey Horne, none of which were as good or as much fun.”

“I like taking risks and I decided to put every bit of me into the role.”

“I don't know why people see the things that they do. I wouldn't pay to see them, they don't touch me or move me in any way.”

“People who think they know me would be surprised that my whole life doesn't revolve around sex.”

“There are stereotypes of what a beautiful woman is. She struggled with that. A certain part of her life she went on that calling card. I certainly know I've come into contact with that. ‘You are to...”

“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 they said that was that I don't go to parties, and when I go to an audition and I don...”

“I think there's an anxiety in life when we automatically tend to look to the next thing or we're complaining about the past; like somebody recently said to me, 'Well, is your show going to get pick...”

“Playing Elizabeth Taylor was probably the hardest job I’ve ever done.”

“Boxing Helena was something that I think was pretty cool, but people judged it without even having seen it. It’s not perfect, but I think for the story that we were trying to tell, it turned out pr...”