“Acting's an odd profession for a young person; it's so extreme. You work, and the conditions are tough and the process is so immersive, and then it stops, and then there's nothing. So you have to find ways of making you feel productive when you're not actually producing anything. For a young person, that's really challenging.” WayFeelsPersonsYoungProcessChallengesActingConditionsToughExtremesProfessionOddProductive Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“When I wasn't working I didn't know what to do with myself and sort of didn't exist, in a way, when I wasn't working, so I was like two different people. I am not like that anymore.” PeopleKnowsWayTwoDifferentDifferent Peoples Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“I've been painting off and on since I was in sixth grade. I don't paint when I'm acting - I'm not really able to split my focus that way. I do it intensely when I'm doing it, but I'm reluctant to take myself too seriously as a painter because that would mean there would be pressure to be better than I am.” WayMeanWould BeAbleActingFocusPaintingPressurePaintPainterGradesSplitsReluctantSixth Grade Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“When you're young and have a dream, it's pretty simplistic. You don't think about or have any way of knowing everything it can be, and anticipate that.” ThinkingWayDreamYoungKnowingAnticipateKnowing Everything Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“Being from Orange County is in a lot ways very much like being from the Midwest.” WayOrangeCountyMidwestOrange County Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“I was kind of surprised to learn how controlling I am. I never thought of myself in that way. I think the root of the control issues is usually fear, because you want to know what's going to be happening at any given moment.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantKindMomentsGivenIssuesHappeningsRootsControl Issues Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“I look like a duck. It's the way my mouth curls up, or my nose tilts up. I should have played Howard the Duck.” WayShouldLooksMouthsShould HaveNosesDucksCurlsTilt Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“I said, going into acting, 'I'm never moving to L.A.,' because it scared me. But there was no way you could build an acting career in Orange County.” WaySaidMovingActingCareersScaredOrangeCountyOrange County Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“It's harder to live the way I live. There are certain places I like to shop and eat where I simply don't go. The paparazzi follow you.” WayCertainHarderShopsPaparazzi Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
