Quotes by Claire Danes

About Claire Danes:

Claire Catherine Danes is an American actress who first came to prominence with her role as Angela Chase in the 1994 series My So-Called Life. The role won her the first of four Golden Globe Awards. She made her film debut the same year in Little Women (1994). Her other films include Romeo + Juliet (1996), The Rainmaker (1997), Les Misérables (1998), Brokedown Palace (1999), Igby Goes Down (2002), The Hours (2002), Shopgirl (2005) and Stardust (2007).
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If you do something that you're not genuinely passionate about, it is a little soul-crushing. Just not worth it.

Claire Danes

Once you get over that peak of puberty, you hit a nice stride.

Claire Danes

Acting is a humiliating job, from start to finish.

Claire Danes

I would sign on for projects that were meant to shoot in July, and then they would postponed and they would bleed into the following semester, and then I'd take a semester off, and then the movie would collapse.

Claire Danes

My parents never condescended to me. As a child, I always sat at the head of our dinner table. I was always given a lot of responsibility.

Claire Danes

I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. I am really interested in feelings and think they are what define us as a species. When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from other...

Claire Danes

My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I knew that I was an unformed actor, and I didn't want to develop bad habits.

Claire Danes

My character was kidnapped by the Terminator and I was kidnapped by the Terminator production.

Claire Danes

I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior.

Claire Danes

When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting.

Claire Danes

Autism does exist on a spectrum, and there are so many manifestations of it, so many kinds of expressions of it. And every case is particular.

Claire Danes

I do know how to fire a machine gun, so be warned! I'm trained!

Claire Danes

College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development.

Claire Danes

Oliver Stone's strategy is to unnerve the actors so as to make them alert and alive.

Claire Danes

You don't realize how useful a therapist is until you see yourself on e and discover you have more problems than you ever dreamed of.

Claire Danes

I think 'Breaking Bad' is incredible.

Claire Danes

I should be so lucky to be a misfit. I aspire to be a misfit.

Claire Danes

You have to pick your battles on set.

Claire Danes

I discovered Christopher Isherwood in college. His writing style is so direct, warm, and inclusive.

Claire Danes

I would not say that secret-keeping is one of my finer skills, actually.

Claire Danes

So much of my job is about finding another job, and that's really boring.

Claire Danes

Author Bio

  • NameClaire Danes
  • DescriptionAmerican actress
  • AliasesClaire Catherine Danes
  • BornApril 12, 1979
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor