Quotes by Sherilyn Fenn

About Sherilyn Fenn:

Sherilyn Fenn is an American actress. She came to attention for her performance as Audrey Horne on the 1990 cult TV series Twin Peaks for which she was nominated for both a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. She is also known for her roles in Of Mice and Men, Ruby, Boxing Helena, Rude Awakening, and Two Moon Junction and for portraying actress Elizabeth Taylor in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story.
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It's completely different to work with a woman that is my age, maybe younger.

Sherilyn Fenn

I loved working on Of Mice and Men. It was a wonderful group of people. John Malkovich is to me one of the best actors around right now-and a lot of fun to work with.

Sherilyn Fenn

At the very least, my tastes are out of the ordinary.

Sherilyn Fenn

Bleaching my hair for Two Moon Junction... my hair was fried and I looked like an idiot.

Sherilyn Fenn

Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.

Sherilyn Fenn

I can sing, but my voice is untrained. I'd like to do a musical someday.

Sherilyn Fenn

I don't flirt and I don't play the people that I'm meeting with.

Sherilyn Fenn

I don't want my body to look like a man's. I just want to tone my body.

Sherilyn Fenn

I really loved Twin Peaks. When I saw the two-hour pilot, they screened it in the big theatre. I said, I don't know what is going to happen. I'm in this and I don't understand it. This is never going to sell. Who's going to watch this thing?

Sherilyn Fenn

I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.

Sherilyn Fenn

I was a brat. It was crazy, I was very picky. In other words, I didn't take advantage of what was happening.

Sherilyn Fenn

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 was that I don't go to parties, and when I go to an audition and I don't like the script, they know it.

Sherilyn Fenn

In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films because they seem to be the most challenging and unique.

Sherilyn Fenn

It's not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic.

Sherilyn Fenn

Jessica Lange in Frances... was dramatic and passionate and one of the strongest performances I've seen a woman do.

Sherilyn Fenn

Now I know why guys like to hug girls. You guys just want to cop a feel. I can't believe that I've fallen for it all these years!

Sherilyn Fenn

The difference between working with a man and a woman... is immense.

Sherilyn Fenn

Twin Peaks was special because it was so groundbreaking. In the early '90s it really changed television a lot. A bunch of weird shows, like Northern Exposure, came on after that.

Sherilyn Fenn

When I read the script, I was like, Hello, woman in a box. I had to explore that to the end.

Sherilyn Fenn

You say a line and you wait for them to laugh, then you say another line and you wait... It felt weird to me. But it's interesting and the energy is almost like theatre, I suppose, with all the people there.

Sherilyn Fenn

Author Bio

  • NameSherilyn Fenn
  • DescriptionAmerican actress, born 1965
  • AliasesSheryl Ann Fenn
  • BornFebruary 1, 1965
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Actor