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103 quotes by Annette Bening

Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. Bening is a four-time Oscar nominee for her roles in The Grifters, American Beauty, Being Julia and The Kids Are All Right, and won two Golden Globe Awards. She also won a BAFTA and a SAG award for her performance in American Beauty.
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Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

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

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I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and in movie acting, certainly that's true.... →

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By the time I was in high school, Roe v. Wade had passed, so that was also happening; girls were getting pregnant and getting abortions - and that... →

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The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to find when you possibly can... →

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We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme of 'how do we find our authentic selves?' And... →

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

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

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

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I knew I wanted children in my life. The acting was always in relation to it. Life at home is chaos. They're wonderful. They're such... →

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And if there's anything movies can do in a way that I just love, and I love as an audience is, 'Show me something I don't know about.... →

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I don't see myself as competing with other actresses. I mean, I went through a time when I was in New York, and I was going to lots of auditions... →

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Everybody has a public life, and they have their own private life. Everybody has their secrets. Everybody has their own private, you know, agonies as... →

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