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Don't be absent from your own life.

Jessica Lange

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Jessica Lange
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: April 20
Actress
Film Actor
Film Producer
Model
Photographer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Cloquet
Minnesota
Jessica Phyllis Lange
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For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.
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There can be no better measure of our governance than the way we treat our children, and no greater failing on our part than to allow them to be subjected to violence, abuse or exploitation.
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I love being a mother. I loved being a daughter, a sister, a wife. I love being a woman with men. I love having given birth.
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My one big regret was that there were no scenes that I could play with Eva Marie Saint. I hounded them. I said figure out some way, I just want to play a scene with this woman. But there was no way to make it work.
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Be present. I would encourage you with all my heart just to be present. Be present and open to the moment that is unfolding before you. Because, ultimately, your life is made up of moments. So don't miss them by being lost in the past or anticipating the future.
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At certain times you really feel as though you have to do something.
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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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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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American Horror Story re-energized me it re-energized my career. There’s no shame in recognizing that. It’s exposed me to a whole new generation, which is a little strange. I’m not used to young people thinking I’m cool.
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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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It [military action on Iraq] makes me feel ashamed to come from the United States. It is humiliating.
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As an actor, you have to have trust and believe that somebody is taking care of you or watching your back. With a part like this, especially with where we're going with it, I can't pull any punches. I can't do it halfway, especially when you're dealing with madness and this descent into madness.
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I never think of the future. I never imagine what comes next.
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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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I never just slide through anything. I explore everything to the fullest, whether good or bad.
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Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes.
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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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If Ive got a clean pair of jeans and a T-shirt, thats usually a good day for me.
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When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you.
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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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