“In the theater, you're so much more in charge as an actor. For better or for worse, you know what the audience is seeing. But you can be acting your socks off on film, and then you see the movie, and the camera is on the other actor, or they've cut out the lines you thought were significant, or they've adjusted the plot. So much of it is out of your control.” KnowsFilmActorsLinesActingAudienceCuttingSeeingTheaterCamerasSignificantPlotSock Author:Susan Sarandon
“The trouble with being an activist is you end up like Eve and you get kicked out of the Garden of Eden. You know, Eve was the first person who thought for herself. And she still gets a bad rap. I named my daughter after her.” KnowsFirstsPersonsStillsEndsWisdomTroubleDaughterGardenRapMy DaughterActivistEdenFirst PersonGarden Of Eden Author:Susan Sarandon
“I wouldn't want to be 20 now. I know so much more, and I'm much more comfortable in my skin, saggy as it is When I hear young girls complaining about superficial things You're at the peak of your physical beauty right now! Just enjoy it and stop worrying about your thighs being too big If you're upset with how you look at 25, life's going to be tough” IfsKnowsWantLooksBigsYoungGirlEnjoyWorryRight NowComfortableToughSkinsComplainingUpsetSuperficialThighsStop WorryingPhysical BeautySuperficial Things Author:Susan Sarandon
“It's really hard to find stuff that is original. You pick up scripts and in four pages you know where it's going and the same thing when you are sitting in a theatre, I just rejoice when something unfolds in a way that I'm not conducive.” KnowsWayHardStuffFourPagesPicksSittingOriginalsScriptsTheatreRejoice Author:Susan Sarandon
“Really, for me, it's important to know who's pitching and who's catching - just what that scene is supposed to accomplish in terms of storytelling. That being said, on the day, basically what you're trying to get yourself into an open place. And if the character is in a state of anxiety or vulnerability, you try to find some touchstone.” IfsKnowsTryingSaidImportantStatesCharacterTermSceneAnxietyAccomplishStorytellingVulnerabilityCatchingPitchingTouchstones Author:Susan Sarandon
“Theater for me is terrifying but much more rewarding, because you know what they're seeing. Film is all little bits and pieces. And you can do an amazing job, but if the camera isn't getting it, it doesn't work. And then other times when you feel you really weren't present, and then you see it and somehow it works. So there's a mystery, there's a strange collaboration that takes place with everybody.” IfsKnowsFeelsLittlesJobsFilmBitsCan DoPiecesSeeingMysteryStrangeLittle BitTheaterCamerasCollaborationBits And PiecesAmazing Job Author:Susan Sarandon
“Before our kids start coming home from Iraq in body bags and women and children start dying in Baghdad, I need to know, what did Iraq do to us?” KnowsNeedsChildrenHomeBodyKidsDyingIraqBagsComing HomeBaghdad Author:Susan Sarandon
“To know that once you decide to look at life outside of the narrow limits of just your world and start to understand that you can make a difference in very simple ways - in volunteering and all the way up to bigger world problems.” KnowsWorldWayLooksProblemDifferencesSimpleLimitsBiggerHelping OthersMaking A DifferenceVolunteerSimple WaysWorld ProblemsYou Can Make A Difference Author:Susan Sarandon
“Now, as I move through my fifties, I can be professional and domestic, creative and intellectual, patient and urgent. I have learned that we should never settle for someone else's definition of who we can be. Growing to this age, I realize, is kind of like feeling your voice deepen. It's still your voice, but it has more substance, and it sounds like it knows its own origins.” KnowsShouldKindStillsI CanFeelingsAgeMovingSoundVoiceRealizingCreativeGrowingIntellectualAgingPatientDefinitionsSubstanceSettlingI Have LearnedUrgentNever Settle Author:Susan Sarandon
“When my children wake up in the morning they know they will eat breakfast, get hugs from their parents, go to a good, safe school. Plates are full and store windows are glittering. But at the same time the great majority of the world's children and women stand - no - shiver on the precipice” KnowsWorldChildrenSchoolParentMorningSafeWindowWake UpMajorityStoresMy ChildrenBreakfastHugPlatesShiverPrecipice Author:Susan Sarandon
“At the end of your life, you are going to want to know that you made some kind of difference.” KnowsWantInspirationalKindMadeEndsDifferencesHappier Days Author:Susan Sarandon
