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For me acting is pretending. It's illuminating my human struggle - trying to grow and have the courage to be filmed while figuring things out.

Sherilyn Fenn

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Sherilyn Fenn
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 1
Actor
Actress
Detroit
Michigan
Sheryl Ann Fenn
Trying
Pretending
Things
Courage
Grow
Struggle
Grows
Acting
Filmed
Human
Illuminating
Humans
Figuring

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I'm contemplating moving to London for a period of time. I've been in Los Angeles for 15 years and I'm really tired of it. I'm continually uninspired by what's being sent to me. Even by huge films that they're doing there. They're just awful.
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I got Twin Peaks, and the part was basically written for me, which was a really big shock. I think everything really changed with the right teacher coming together, but before that I worked with Sondra Seacat she's amazing and very spiritual, but I hadn't worked with her on specific roles. I just was in classes with her.
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I'd moved to L.A. with my mother when I was 17 or 18. She loved show business and I was young enough that I had no idea what I wanted to do.
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I love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have that in me to do it, the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. If there's a lot of people on a set, I get nervous. So music just wasn't something I ever seriously considered.
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Boxing Helena was something that I think was pretty cool, but people judged it without even having seen it. It's not perfect, but I think for the story that we were trying to tell, it turned out pretty good. What it signified was really powerful to me: how society puts us in boxes one way or another.
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Jessica Lange in Frances... was dramatic and passionate and one of the strongest performances I've seen a woman do
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I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes.
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I'm honest. I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.
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People who think they know me would be surprised that my whole life doesn't revolve around sex.
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Twin Peaks was special because it was so groundbreaking. In the early 90s it really changed television a lot. A bunch of weird shows, like Northern Exposure, came on after that.
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I see people giving me looks because I'm so opinionated. That hurts my feelings, but at the end of the day I have to live with me and respect myself. And I've done enough things in my life where I was confused and didn't respect myself that I will not do it any more.
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It's so nice not to worry about myself anymore. I only worry about my children.
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Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men... they want to wrap women up in a neat little package.
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In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films because they seem to be the most challenging and unique
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Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.
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My gift to my children would be from me to be as honest and true to myself as an artist, and put that out there to the best of my ability.
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At the very least, my tastes are out of the ordinary.
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I remember my agent at the time called me and was like, I've got it! I've found it! I've found your role! I worked my ass off to get that role, because I think me and three or four other girls tested for it. But it was a great time.
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I'm in a space of surrendering and being open and seeing. It's a good place to be - the only place to be.
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It was just this sudden call like it was an emergency. Quick! You have to go do this... because it's Friends! I was just, Oh, my God, okay!
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