“In a film, if you can capture what's going on underneath, you can begin to make a connection between the character and the people watching it.” PeopleIfsCharacterFilmConnectionsCapture Author:Annette Bening
“I had never met an actress or an actor when I thought that I might like to be one. I had never been around people in show business or from the theater or from movies or anything. And I say that as an encouragement, I don't know some people who want to be doing what I'm doing or be involved in film. You don't have to be from it to get interested and get involved. I certainly wasn't.” PeopleFilmEncouragementShow BusinessGet Involved Author:Annette Bening
“Movie is a near art form. It's showbiz and people want to make money. And generally people are financing things because they think it will make money whether it's a cable news show, a cable show, or a feature film, or whatever it is. So that's the part of it that drives it, I think, is really the dollar.” PeopleThinkingArtFilmMaking MoneyFinancingShowbiz Author:Annette Bening
“I'm just as intrigued by acting as ever. It's an ongoing process. There's no arrival. There's no point at which you say "Oh, OK, done it, got it." It just doesn't happen. And that's true of any creative endeavor. For me, it's just a lifelong interest. I'm very much interested in the craft. I started by doing plays and it took me a long time to feel comfortable doing movies, working with cameras. I felt like I was a theater actress pretending that I was a movie actress for quite a while. Now, I just love the process of working with cameras and being on a set and trying to put a film together.” TryingLongDoneTogetherFilmInterestActingCreativePretendingLifelongIntrigued Author:Annette Bening
“I love watching people listen. And on film often some of the best moments if you think about favorite moments on film, often the person isn't even talking.” PeopleThinkingMomentsFilm Author:Annette Bening
“Most of the people that I've worked with when shooting films that I really respect, there is a point which you do become obsessed in a good way. And because it's a collaborative medium, you're not by yourself in a room tearing your hair out, you're in a room with a bunch of people. And we're all tearing our hairs out, or trying to get something right, or caring deeply about something. But that's fun.” PeopleTryingFilmFunCaringObsessed Author:Annette Bening
“This is a good thing to say to film students. If there's a story point that you don't feel right about, that there's a question you have - "Does it really make sense?" Or, "Is that plausible? Is it implausible? Is it set up?" Or whatever. Go at it. Don't let it go. If there's a question in your mind, you're probably right. You probably do need to work on it and think about it more.” ThinkingMindFilmStudentsGood ThingsMake SenseLet It Go Author:Annette Bening
“One of the things that I love when I go to a film or when I'm reading some book or whatever, is to be told a secret I thought only I knew and then someone says, "Oh my gosh, you know, too." And film can take us into private moments in a way that the theater, I think, kind of can't, and that's one of the reasons I like doing films. And the way a book can is that these little secrets and the private things that go on in our minds that maybe we haven't shared with anyone, and then someone writes it or shows it to you in a film, you think, "Oh, that's me. Oh my God, that's me, I have that secret."” ThinkingWritingMindKindBookReasonMomentsFilmReadingSecretOh My Gosh Author:Annette Bening
“The films that are interesting you never can stop... there's no end point, you just keep thinking and musing about it.” ThinkingFilmInteresting Author:Annette Bening
“Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last. That doesn't mean that I'll stop working. I picture myself as an old actress doing cameos in films with people saying: "Isn't that that Bening woman?"” PeopleKnowsMeanFactsLastsFilmOpportunityPositionRight NowActressesPrivilegedCameos Author:Annette Bening
