“My life may be a pretty crazy life at times, but its a very privileged one - being able to earn a good living doing what you love. Not many people have such an opportunity.” PeopleMayAbleOpportunityCrazyPrivilegedWhat You LoveDoing What You LoveGood LivingCrazy LifePrivileged Life Author:Julianne Moore
“We have to work for a living, but it is your life, so make sure you find something that you enjoy doing and people that you enjoy doing it with. Then, hopefully, you'll have a happy life.” PeopleEnjoyHopefullyHappy Life Author:Julianne Moore
“A mid life crisis is nothing but getting to the point where you go, have I done what I wanted to do? Am I living the life that I want to live? Am I appreciating what I have? If you don't get to that point developmentally, you're not doing it correctly. The people who get to that age and haven't reassessed usually haven't faced the fact that that's where they are.” PeopleIfsWantDoneFactsAgeWantedHavensAppreciateCrisisLive LifeLife CrisisMid Life Crisis Author:Julianne Moore
“I think all of us struggle with how to keep relationship alive. And yet it can't be static either. It's never going to be how it was when you first met because you're not in that place anymore; you're not necessarily the same people. So, that's the struggle - you're trying to make the relationship move forward with the rest of your life and make it special and meaningful. And I think it's incredibly challenging.” PeopleThinkingTryingFirstsMovingChallengesStruggleAliveSpecialMetsMeaningfulMoving ForwardRest Of Your LifeStatic Author:Julianne Moore
“People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film.” PeopleThinkingEyeFilmActorsAudienceDirectorsDirect Author:Julianne Moore
“When I started out, the most terrifying thing was when I had to be very, very emotional in front of lots of people. Now I've kind of learned that it is very important to keep talking all day, keep making jokes, and be connected with people, and be present. It's very important for me to be absolutely present in order to be emotional. I learned that is sort of the way I need to be.” PeopleWayNeedsKindImportantOrderTalkingFrontsEmotionalJokesConnectedKeep Talking Author:Julianne Moore
“I don't really care if people like a character ornot; I think in life we don't always like everybody. But you haveto be able to understand them.” PeopleIfsThinkingCharacterCareAble Author:Julianne Moore
“You never have sex the way people do in the movies. You don't do it on the floor, you don't do it standing up, you don't always have all your clothes off, you don't happen to have on all the sexy lingerie. You know, if anybody ever ripped my clothes, I'd kill them.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayHappensSexClothesStandingSexyRippedLingerie Author:Julianne Moore
“I love it, to have the same crew. I'm not married. I don't have children. My 17-year-old dog died. I'm kind of on my own. So I really like having the same camera guy for four years. I love looking around and seeing the hair and makeup people who have been there from the beginning.” PeopleYearsKindChildrenHas BeensGuyMy OwnFourSeeingDogHairMarriedDiedCamerasMakeupFour YearsCrewOld DogHair And MakeupDog Died Author:Julianne Moore
“People talk about generating my own work, but I don't really know how to go about that. There are certainly some roles in the theater I'd like to play but I don't know if I'll ever get to do it.” PeopleIfsKnowsPlayMy OwnRolesKnow HowTheater Author:Julianne Moore
“In cinema people are always walking into something and saying this is who I am, what I want, and how I'm going to get it and we don't in life - particularly not in public situations. People might know your first name, not your last name, they don't know what you do, and you're not going to offer it up. So if you start there and you realize this is a much more normal presentation in a film then you would ordinarily have; you know that there is a big life behind what everyone presents and that I think is super interesting.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantFirstsBigsMightLastsFilmNamesRealizingInterestingBehindsSituationWalkingOffersNormalWho I AmCinemaPresentation Author:Julianne Moore
“I like stories about people. I like things that are human and different. I want to be as engaged in my work as I am in reading a book. I want to be electrified by the films I do.” PeopleBookDifferentFilmReading Author:Julianne Moore
“You're in a movie, so you have to think about how something plays. It's not like you're thinking about how an audience is going to react. You're trying to present the story. You're trying to illuminate the lives of these people in the story. So I'm thinking about how my behavior as this character best illuminates what's going on with them in this moment in time. I always say it's sort of the director's job. People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film.” PeopleThinkingTryingMomentsCharacterEyeFilmAudienceLike YouBehaviorDirect Author:Julianne Moore
“I am very excited to work with people who have a strong vision of what they want. They're trying to tell a story, and they want to use me. I'm there to facilitate that. I really like that. I'm like, "Tell me where your frame is. Tell me what you want, what kind of story you want, and I will facilitate it." That's sort of my job, and it makes my work better when I'm working in that kind of a frame, and hopefully it's their work. It's incredibly collaborative, in the sense that you're working toward a common goal.” PeopleTryingKindStrongGoalCommonVisionExcitedHopefullyUsing Me Author:Julianne Moore
“Everybody has the right to marry the person they love and be represented as a couple and family... It's something that people will look back on in years to come and say, 'I can't believe it took so long for us to recognize this.' It'll be like segregation and giving women the right to vote.” PeopleGivingYearsBelieveLooksPersonsLongI CanCoupleGayVoteSegregationGay MarriageRight To Vote Author:Julianne Moore
“People with Alzheimer's deserve to be seen, so that we can find a cure!” PeopleDeserveCuresAlzheimerAlzheimer's Author:Julianne Moore
“Apart from anything else, I got to work with Jennifer Lawrence. She’s a lovely girl. I know people often say things like that in interviews, but she really is. While she may be young, she doesn’t feel at all precocious. Instead, she’s smart and funny and terrific at connecting with people. She just blew me away.” PeopleKnowsFeelsMayYoungGirlSmartLovelyInterviewsConnectingTerrificBe YoungJenniferPrecociousSmart And FunnyLovely Girl Author:Julianne Moore
