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I like playing characters who are out there on the edge, where they can explode at any moment or fall off the precipice.

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Jessica Lange
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: April 20
Actress
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Television Actor
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Minnesota
Jessica Phyllis Lange
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Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.
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This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.
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Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them.
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To work with a director that has emotional commitment and passion toward the characters, and the piece, and the experiences, it only enriches your work.
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When I am home for like a two-year stretch, I get antsy, because I want to work.
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To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership.
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To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before.
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When you think about it there's never really been a realistic exposition of Hollywood, I mean - from the inside - showing Hollywood what it can do, what it has done, to people.
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I went to the University of Minnesota to study art. I left the university to come to New York and live in Soho. I got involved with like a small kind of like experimental theater-mime company and we discovered that Étienne Decroux, a great mime, was still teaching in Paris so I went to study with him for several years.
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I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy.
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Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise.
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TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary with independent films, you just can't.
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There was a period of time when I was very political, when I was at the university. It was like the late '60s, early '70s and I was a dissident like everybody else I guess. Now I follow it but there's nothing that really grabs me. The most fascinating thing to me right now is China.
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Photography was a blessing because it filled my time.
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I worked on my voice for 'Sweet Dreams' but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.
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The only place I've felt was really my home is my cabin up north. There's something in the water there that connects me to that place. There's also this sense of isolation and loneliness about it that I've never been able to shake.
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I do love acting. But to work as a photojournalist would have been extraordinary.
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I had a big family - two older sisters and a younger brother. My family was like moving around a lot so I lived in a lot of small towns. My father was very restless.
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Digital doesn't interest me. It's too many steps removed from the actual tactile thing. I still read books. I don't read online.
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I want to live my life with no goals anymore, but just completely free, like I did when I was younger.
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