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Annette Bening quotes: If you're an actor, you have to find a way to make peace with all the media attention.

If you're an actor, you have to find a way to make peace with all the media attention.

Annette Bening quotes: I like things that I feel comfortable in.

I like things that I feel comfortable in.

Annette Bening quotes: I love the craft of acting, I love learning, I love everything that comes with the new project; the whole process is totally intoxicating to me.

I love the craft of acting, I love learning, I love everything that comes with the new project; the whole process is totally intoxicating to me.

Annette Bening quotes: Anyone who is drawn in broad strokes either negatively or positively is generally not very interesting to play.

Anyone who is drawn in broad strokes either negatively or positively is generally not very interesting to play.

Annette Bening quotes: I still remember the five points of salesmanship: attention, interest, conviction, desire and close.

I still remember the five points of salesmanship: attention, interest, conviction, desire and close.

Annette Bening quotes: I have perfected the art of putting my feet on my husband's lap during awards ceremonies so he can rub them.

I have perfected the art of putting my feet on my husband's lap during awards ceremonies so he can rub them.

Annette Bening quotes: I think people have a right to their point of view.

I think people have a right to their point of view.

Annette Bening quotes: My mother is not somebody who's troubled by aging.

My mother is not somebody who's troubled by aging.

Annette Bening quotes: 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.

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.

Annette Bening quotes: I think we as celebrities have a lot more control.

I think we as celebrities have a lot more control.

Annette Bening quotes: I act, but I am a mother first and wife second.

I act, but I am a mother first and wife second.

Annette Bening quotes: I've played parts that were just likable people, and there's a certain pleasure in that. And that's that.

I've played parts that were just likable people, and there's a certain pleasure in that. And that's that.

Annette Bening quotes: When I started in the theater, I'd do plays by Shakespeare or Ibsen or Chekhov, and they all created great women's roles.

When I started in the theater, I'd do plays by Shakespeare or Ibsen or Chekhov, and they all created great women's roles.

Annette Bening quotes: I don't really have a choice. I'm getting older.

I don't really have a choice. I'm getting older.

Annette Bening quotes: I think when you're at your best as an actor, it is cathartic.

I think when you're at your best as an actor, it is cathartic.

Annette Bening quotes: To me, I didn't think of acting as being a young thing only.

To me, I didn't think of acting as being a young thing only.

Annette Bening quotes: I had never been attracted to younger guys. I had, from my late teens, always liked men who were older than me.

I had never been attracted to younger guys. I had, from my late teens, always liked men who were older than me.

Annette Bening quotes: I love being busy, and I love having a lot going on; it's exciting.

I love being busy, and I love having a lot going on; it's exciting.

Annette Bening quotes: Yes, I know I've played these women, but I'm not really conniving at all.

Yes, I know I've played these women, but I'm not really conniving at all.

Annette Bening quotes: If you can open people's hearts first, then maybe people's minds get opened after that.

If you can open people's hearts first, then maybe people's minds get opened after that.

Annette Bening quotes: Every person's opinion, in a way, does matter.

Every person's opinion, in a way, does matter.

Annette Bening quotes: My sister and I fought a lot when we were kids. I was the little bratty sister, and she would kind of walk away, not wanting to be associated with

My sister and I fought a lot when we were kids. I was the little bratty sister, and she would kind of walk away, not wanting to be associated with me.

Annette Bening quotes: I feel very lucky I don't have to be a critic.

I feel very lucky I don't have to be a critic.

Annette Bening quotes: Having a life outside of movies is like pure oxygen. It makes the work more precious and informed.

Having a life outside of movies is like pure oxygen. It makes the work more precious and informed.

Annette Bening quotes: I've made some movies that I really loved that nobody saw.

I've made some movies that I really loved that nobody saw.

Annette Bening quotes: I've always been pretty levelheaded. In show business, you need to have a certain internal stability.

I've always been pretty levelheaded. In show business, you need to have a certain internal stability.

Annette Bening quotes: I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice.

I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice.

Annette Bening quotes: Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

Annette Bening quotes: My dad was in the life insurance business, so I learned about selling when I was about 14 because I started working as a secretary.

My dad was in the life insurance business, so I learned about selling when I was about 14 because I started working as a secretary.

Annette Bening quotes: What makes us love a character is a character that tries.

What makes us love a character is a character that tries.

Annette Bening quotes: I love the luxury of the camera. The camera does so much for you. I like the secrets a camera can tell.

I love the luxury of the camera. The camera does so much for you. I like the secrets a camera can tell.

Annette Bening quotes: My parents were very supportive. They went to every show. And they never told me not to do what I was doing.

My parents were very supportive. They went to every show. And they never told me not to do what I was doing.

Annette Bening quotes: If anything, I want to please people too much.

If anything, I want to please people too much.

Annette Bening quotes: I'm certainly not a perfect mother, but I am an avid mother, let me put it that way.

I'm certainly not a perfect mother, but I am an avid mother, let me put it that way.

Annette Bening quotes: Glamour is really fun.

Glamour is really fun.

Annette Bening quotes: My husband and I have very similar backgrounds even though we're years apart. So there are a lot of things that we basically share.

My husband and I have very similar backgrounds even though we're years apart. So there are a lot of things that we basically share.

Annette Bening quotes: We're not all evil or all good, and we all make mistakes to one degree or another.

We're not all evil or all good, and we all make mistakes to one degree or another.

Annette Bening quotes: It's always 'busy' with four children; it's chaos.

It's always 'busy' with four children; it's chaos.

Annette Bening quotes: We want to be seen for who we really are, and each person has his own complex story and reasons for doing what they do.

We want to be seen for who we really are, and each person has his own complex story and reasons for doing what they do.

Annette Bening quotes: I'm lucky: almost all my family has lived to be very old. I have one grandfather who lived to be 100.

I'm lucky: almost all my family has lived to be very old. I have one grandfather who lived to be 100.

Annette Bening quotes: I've tried to take roles with great demands.

I've tried to take roles with great demands.

Annette Bening quotes: Find the story you want to tell. If you don't want to write it, find somebody to write it.

Find the story you want to tell. If you don't want to write it, find somebody to write it.

Annette Bening quotes: I never thought my private life would be newsworthy.

I never thought my private life would be newsworthy.

Annette Bening quotes: I am in awe of Ruth Draper.

I am in awe of Ruth Draper.

Annette Bening quotes: I feel that certain things are best kept inside a family and not discussed with anyone else.

I feel that certain things are best kept inside a family and not discussed with anyone else.

Annette Bening quotes: I find the reality of our emotional lives interesting.

I find the reality of our emotional lives interesting.

Annette Bening quotes: I never felt like I had made it.

I never felt like I had made it.

Annette Bening quotes: I think for all of us, as we age, there are always a few moments when you are shocked.

I think for all of us, as we age, there are always a few moments when you are shocked.

Annette Bening quotes: Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way!

Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way!

Annette Bening quotes: I'm interested in writing that explores all sides of human beings.

I'm interested in writing that explores all sides of human beings.

Annette Bening quotes: Most people are looking for something to give their life meaning.

Most people are looking for something to give their life meaning.

Annette Bening quotes: I never speak for my husband, and I never speak for my children. It's a rule. Believe me, it is.

I never speak for my husband, and I never speak for my children. It's a rule. Believe me, it is.

Annette Bening quotes: I don't see myself as having to compete with younger actresses; I don't feel that.

I don't see myself as having to compete with younger actresses; I don't feel that.

Annette Bening quotes: Critics have a responsibility to put things in a cultural and sociological or political context. That is important.

Critics have a responsibility to put things in a cultural and sociological or political context. That is important.

Annette Bening quotes: The time I spend with my kids informs every fiber of who I am.

The time I spend with my kids informs every fiber of who I am.

Annette Bening quotes: Don't wait to have a baby! Do it now!

Don't wait to have a baby! Do it now!

Annette Bening quotes: I'm still very critical of myself in film.

I'm still very critical of myself in film.

Annette Bening quotes: I just want to be educated.

I just want to be educated.

Annette Bening quotes: I have huge chunks of time when I'm not working.

I have huge chunks of time when I'm not working.